Pictures of your Norton Commandos

gnolan · Oct 20, 2021

Richard Tool said:
Agreed - I have an ST 1300 for distance running but truth be told I don’t ride it much .

I don't ride the 'Wing very often. I refer to it as "my wife's bike", it's the only one she'll get on...I think the backrest and arm rests make her feel safer.
The Texas trip is the first time I've ridden it since 2018.

worntorn · Oct 20, 2021

The blue GW in the photo had been in storage for 6 years prior to my friend purchasing it last year. It is in as new condition.
The reason for storage- 75 year old rider, 900 lb bike, balance issues with low speed maneuvering.
That must be a common theme with so many of us old guys on huge, heavy touring bikes.
I sometimes find the 215 kg MK3 Interstate to be enough bike to roll around and I have no physical impairments so far.
I can't imagine dealing with twice that weight, especially for someone with a bad hip, knee, ankle etc.

Glen

lcrken · Oct 20, 2021

worntorn said:
The blue GW in the photo had been in storage for 6 years prior to my friend purchasing it last year. It is in as new condition.
The reason for storage- 75 year old rider, 900 lb bike, balance issues with low speed maneuvering.
That must be a common theme with so many of us old guys on huge, heavy touring bikes.
I sometimes find the 215 kg MK3 Interstate to be enough bike to roll around and I have no physical impairments so far.
I can't imagine dealing with twice that weight, especially for someone with a bad hip, knee, ankle etc.

Glen

Struth. At a few months short of 80, I'm moving down to smaller, lighter bikes. The only heavy one I'm keeping is the 961, and only because it is, after all, a Norton. I find myself riding the Street Triple more often now than the 961. A 500 lb. curb weight bike used to seem normal to me, but my comfort level for pushing a bike around is now more like 400 lbs.

Ken

Fast Eddie · Oct 20, 2021

lcrken said:
Struth. At a few moths short of 80, I'm moving down to smaller, lighter bikes. The only heavy one I'm keeping is the 961, and only because it is, after all, a Norton. I find myself riding the Street Triple more often now than the 961. A 500 lb. curb weight bike used to seem normal to me, but my comfort level for pushing a bike around is now more like 400 lbs.

Ken

Ken, your 1007 will have more power than the 961, much more torque than the 961 and will weight less than 400lbs.

Jus’ sayin’…

Richard Tool · Oct 20, 2021

My ST 1300 weighs in @ just under 700 lbs with a full tank . I weigh 150. It is a handful to move around and gets more difficult every year . I have only dropped it once trying to put it on the lift by myself . It went over easy and came to rest on a chair . The only damage was the mirror . I could not get it back up by myself .
I can no longer roll it backwards by myself unless it is on a smooth hard level surface . Once it is rolling it is as nimble as can be .
I have often thought of selling it but it is worth very little even though it is mint with only 12k miles on the clock .

Deets55 · Oct 22, 2021

Rich,
Wait for next year. Road up to Milford for lunch yesterday on a whim. 260 miles round trip. I already got you on speed dial.

Richard Tool · Oct 22, 2021

Deets55 said:
Rich,
Wait for next year. Road up to Milford for lunch yesterday on a whim. 260 miles round trip. I already got you on speed dial.

Thanks Pete - I think it will still have a spot in my stable.Did you get lost ? Rode my GB 500 to you know where in Chatsworth today . Cholesterol, nitrates & sodium.. yum !

Deets55 · Oct 22, 2021

Never get lost, just misplaced on occasions.

Richard Tool · Oct 22, 2021

Deets55 said:
Never get lost, just misplaced on occasions.

C’mon Pete - we both know you couldn’t find your way out of a small dark room if the door was open and a light burning in the hall ... LOL

oleblu72 · Nov 7, 2021

Ever since I destroyed my Rotator Cuff in a fall back in 07 I have a tough time pushing a bike it keeps wanting to go in left hand circles because I have very little strength in my left arm now. I always thought I would like to have a ST1300 heard good things about them. My distance bikes are a Suzuki 1000 V-Strom and a 07 V-Rod now.

Mark

grandpaul · Nov 8, 2021

DON'T LAUGH!

Old guys get to keep riding.

NPeteN · Nov 8, 2021

Back to training wheels. We have come full circle.

bill · Nov 8, 2021

and the next step is back to diapers, life does seem to go full circle,

Richard Tool · Nov 8, 2021

bill said:
and the next step is back to diapers, life does seem to go full circle,

When do we get back to the breast feeding part ?

worntorn · Nov 8, 2021

Never left

BERT · Nov 8, 2021

My uncle used to say to my aunt:"You have two outstanding points, but I just can't put my finger on them" just to hear her say "I am going to give you a bust in the mouth"

alan hodge · Nov 8, 2021

dont forget crack in mouth

robs ss · Nov 8, 2021

Richard Tool said:
When do we get back to the breast feeding part ?

A friend used to say, "We go out of this world the way we entered it - bald, toothless and dribbling!"

gortnipper · Nov 8, 2021

As it said on the inside of my HS Band Hall locker (I wasnt in the band, but the lockers there were bigger to fit a trombone case!): Man comes from Woman, and spends the rest of his life trying to get back in; and Once a King, always a King, but once a nights enough.

grandpaul · Nov 11, 2021

Dommie Nator said:
In Remembrance.
Menin Gate, Ypres.

Nice photo, but you chopped off the bike's rear end...

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