Ms Peel

grandpaul · Oct 7, 2021

So it wasn't the Nattering Naybobs of Negativism after all!

Fast Eddie · Oct 7, 2021

He lost his best pal and then his foot.
I’m guessing life just took a different turn for him.
Discussions on the net about obsolete old motorbikes perhaps just suddenly seemed less important?

74ok · Oct 7, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHobot2/videos

post #1
"Commando Choppers please

Excluding the factory version, Commando Choppers please
anyone got some nice rebellious against the grain righteous isolastic choppers to show ?
Molded frame would be extra icing on the cake to me.
No front brake extra points on style and flippant attitude statement."

hobot

post #13

"For the love of god, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

Commando Choppers please

Commando Choppers please Excluding the factory version, Commando Choppers please anyone got some nice rebellious against the grain righteous isolastic choppers to show ? Molded frame would be extra icing on the cake to me. No front brake extra points on style and flippant attitude statement...

www.accessnorton.com

Fast Eddie · Oct 7, 2021

84ok said:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheHobot2/videos

post #1
"Commando Choppers please

Excluding the factory version, Commando Choppers please
anyone got some nice rebellious against the grain righteous isolastic choppers to show ?
Molded frame would be extra icing on the cake to me.
No front brake extra points on style and flippant attitude statement."

hobot

post #13

Commando Choppers please

Commando Choppers please Excluding the factory version, Commando Choppers please anyone got some nice rebellious against the grain righteous isolastic choppers to show ? Molded frame would be extra icing on the cake to me. No front brake extra points on style and flippant attitude statement...

www.accessnorton.com

That was obviously a wind up IMHO! So I cannot believe any response was taking badly.

grandpaul · Oct 7, 2021

84ok said:
Commando Choppers please

Commando Choppers please Excluding the factory version, Commando Choppers please anyone got some nice rebellious against the grain righteous isolastic choppers to show ? Molded frame would be extra icing on the cake to me. No front brake extra points on style and flippant attitude statement...

www.accessnorton.com

Dang. That resurrected yet another thread with "no longer available" photos I posted over the years from my now defunct PictureTrail account...

NPeteN · Oct 7, 2021

grandpaul said:
Dang. That resurrected yet another thread with "no longer available" photos I posted over the years from my now defunct PictureTrail account...

Truly a shame. Those missing photos really had me hurting for some bad to the boner chopper shots.... anybody got some hanging around?

74ok · Oct 22, 2021

robs ss said:
I wonder how Steve got those rear shocks to work without fouling the chain/guard?

Anyone know or have info for the front disc/rotor?

robs ss said:

robs ss · Oct 22, 2021

84ok said:
Anyone know or have info for the front disc/rotor?

I really don't know - but that looks to be an OEM caliper with some aftermarket floating disk.
He must have got that humungous fork brace from @grandpaul

74ok · Oct 22, 2021

Well, i sent a pm, last time i did he responded but apparently he hasn't checked in ~ 10 mnths now.

Deff a character who stood out here in a BIG way, leaving a lasting impression that only a minority or few others will. Maaan, the stories & how he went about communicating it all. I also only came in near the ending of Hobot's time here so missed most of it.

Dunno what the story is around GP & the fork brace...

I like these vids

74ok · Oct 22, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
That was obviously a wind up IMHO! So I cannot believe any response was taking badly.

Thought that was some of Hobot's best stuff & post #13 hilarious

dunno what u mean by wind up or the rest

Fast Eddie · Oct 23, 2021

84ok said:
Thought that was some of Hobot's best stuff & post #13 hilarious

dunno what u mean by wind up or the rest

To be clear it was post #43 I was responding to, and it was Hobot‘s post #1 that you linked that I was referring to ie Commando choppers…

Anyone who goes onto a one make forum and starts talking about chopping that make is, of course, kicking the hornets nest and is bound to get stung!

Despite his on line persona to the contrary, Hobot is an intelligent guy, so he knew this.

Therefore, an intelligent guy who deliberately kicks the hornets nest for a bit of fun, in the knowledge he’s gonna get a bit sting in return. That’s the definition of a wind up in my book!

And… I never said I didn’t like the post. Quite the contrary !!

As for ‘the rest’ I thought people might link that post to the accusations he was hounded off of the forum, because, obviously, he would have received some flak in that thread. And IMHO I don’t think that’s the case, I think he would have expected the flak and found it hilarious !

74ok · Oct 23, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
As for ‘the rest’ I thought people might link that post to the accusations he was hounded off of the forum,

Ya, never know how new folks or the next gen riders reading stuff here for the first time, how it will come across.

There was no link intended here to the neg stuff. Hobot for me was on another level, a unique standout & mostly highly entertaining. Drove some folks here batty tho lol...

Dunno if he was the only one running what i assume he came up with the tri link setup

Fast Eddie · Oct 23, 2021

I don’t think Hobot came up with the Tri-link set up, there are definitely other guys on here running similar. I suspect the idea may have come from the Harley world where similar set ups were created for the rubber mounted ‘Dyna’ range.

grandpaul · Oct 23, 2021

robs ss said:
I really don't know - but that looks to be an OEM caliper with some aftermarket floating disk.
He must have got that humungous fork brace from @grandpaul

Nope, mine was the chrome steel double loop one, hobot's is cast alloy.

Fast Eddie · Oct 23, 2021

I just re read that whole Norton Commando Chopper thread from start to finish.

Freakin hilarious !!

baz · Oct 23, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
I don’t think Hobot came up with the Tri-link set up, there are definitely other guys on here running similar. I suspect the idea may have come from the Harley world where similar set ups were created for the rubber mounted ‘Dyna’ range.

I rode my mates rubber mount Dyna it was by far the most evil handling bike I have ever ridden
And I used to own a sprung hub thunderbird and a plunger A10
Now I thought these were bad handling bikes until I rode that Harley
When I handed it back I told him there is something wrong with his bike because it didn't even handle in a straight line!!
You had to change your body weight as you changed gear FFS
He told me there was nothing at all wrong with it!!!
I still think there was something wrong that he'd just got used to because I don't see how you could sell it to the public like that!
It put me off Harley's
I only ever rode one over big twin and that wasn't quite as bad
I assume they are a lot better now?

Fast Eddie · Oct 23, 2021

baz said:
I rode my mates rubber mount Dyna it was by far the most evil handling bike I have ever ridden
And I used to own a sprung hub thunderbird and a plunger A10
Now I thought these were bad handling bikes until I rode that Harley
When I handed it back I told him there is something wrong with his bike because it didn't even handle in a straight line!!
You had to change your body weight as you changed gear FFS
He told me there was nothing at all wrong with it!!!
I still think there was something wrong that he'd just got used to because I don't see how you could sell it to the public like that!
It put me off Harley's
I only ever rode one over big twin and that wasn't quite as bad
I assume they are a lot better now?

Well, I’ve got a 2016 Dyna and it handles fine, surprisingly good really. But it’s REALLY low mileage (800 miles when I bought it last year). So I don’t know if they improved the design in later years, or if the handling issues some bikes suffer are simply due to them being worn out ?

baz · Oct 23, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
Well, I’ve got a 2016 Dyna and it handles fine, surprisingly good really. But it’s REALLY low mileage (800 miles when I bought it last year). So I don’t know if they improved the design in later years, or if the handling issues some bikes suffer are simply due to them being worn out ?

This would have been back in the 90s can't remember exactly when
So I don't know how old/what model exactly ?
It was extremely heavy

Fast Eddie · Oct 23, 2021

baz said:
This would have been back in the 90s can't remember exactly when
So I don't know how old/what model exactly ?
It was extremely heavy

Mine just under 300kg.

Sounds heavy huh?

It’s not much more than a modern BMW GS !

Worlds gone mad.

baz · Oct 23, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
Mine just under 300kg.

Sounds heavy huh?

It’s not much more than a modern BMW GS !

Worlds gone mad.

Really!
I always thought my fj12 was heavy

Ms Peel

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