Pictures of your Norton Commandos

MexicoMike · Apr 26, 2010

"Show pieces are nice and all but how bout some roadrunner."

My green fastback on the first page of this thread is totally a road runner. Heck, the frame is rattle-can painted. Show bikes don't interest me at all. Working well and not worrying about whether it will survive "doing the ton" is the most important thing!

debby · Apr 26, 2010

Roadrunner you want, roadrunner you get. Here's a few of my 750:

On the road:

On the Women's Ride, at the 2009 Mancos Rally. Still dirty from the Big Rain Loop the previous day:

After a trip to the car wash, all cleaned up for the bike show (where it took 2nd place in class):

tpeever · Apr 26, 2010

pvisseriii said:
I agree. Show pieces are nice and all but how bout some roadrunner.

Are you saying my bike looks like she lives in a trailer? None of my bikes are trailer queens. Don't see the point.

swooshdave · Apr 26, 2010

tpeever said:
pvisseriii said:

I agree. Show pieces are nice and all but how bout some roadrunner.

Are you saying my bike looks like she lives in a trailer? None of my bikes are trailer queens. Don't see the point.

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Har, I think they are just jealous.

TravNorton · Apr 26, 2010

tpeever,
I am sure there are not many Commando owners on here that park their bikes in the garage and stare at them. Some may look like show bikes but I am willing to bet they all get ridden.

Believe it or not, there is a 100 point show bike underneath all the dust and rust! HOW's that for the "Crustiest Norton" out there???!!

speirmoor · Apr 27, 2010

TravNorton said:
tpeever,
I am sure there are not many Commando owners on here that park their bikes in the garage and stare at them. Some may look like show bikes but I am willing to bet they all get ridden.

Believe it or not, there is a 100 point show bike underneath all the dust and rust! HOW's that for the "Crustiest Norton" out there???!!

After seeing http://www.accessnorton.com/most-improved-karl-hoyt-strunzo-t6218.html anything is possible
lets see more Commandos the pics are great!

snare1998 · Apr 27, 2010

I just posted pics of mine the other day, but here are a couple of them again for this thread...

fastback · Apr 27, 2010

I like to see all the variations! Amazing how essentially the same bike can look so different with just little changes.
These are a couple of years old:

Currently sporting a red original fiberglass tank, need some paint, looks like Santa's bike. :lol:

Captain B · Apr 27, 2010

pete.v · Apr 27, 2010

pvisseriii said:
I agree. Show pieces are nice and all but how bout some roadrunner.

I was wrong! They are all show pieces and all special and all roadrunners.
Sometimes the barnfinds are the most photogenic.

arc · Apr 27, 2010

Here's my latest colour scheme.........................Andy.

comnoz · Apr 27, 2010

Six days on the road in 08. Jim

DonOR · Apr 27, 2010

I wish I had a better camera than this phone.... damn! I wish I had a better commando

Coco · Apr 27, 2010

DonOR said:
damn! I wish I had a better commando

Nothing wrong with that one.

Hortons Norton · Apr 27, 2010

Hey Jim is that the banana bike? Owned by John, (I think his name is) That works with Matt? I rode that thing back from the shop to the rally, Kinda fun. :lol:

comnoz · Apr 27, 2010

Yes, that yellow thing is Gary's "bannana bike" Gets the prize for most unusual fairing.

Hortons Norton · Apr 27, 2010

Gary that's it, If ya see em tell them I said hello. And hope all is well with your projects, Anything new? Come on tell us, LOL. Have a great day, Chuck.

Gino Rondelli · Apr 27, 2010

From a trip we made to Romania in 2008, riding not polishing!

At the Croatian Border

A burned out tank in Bosnia

Draculas castle, Bran, Transylvannia, Romania

swooshdave · Apr 27, 2010

difazio said:
first go at a picture so.....

Nice looking bikes about chaps, keep them running

Love the red Norton on the timing and wait, what is that?!?!?!!??

You can't just post a picture with that front end without more of a story!

difazio · Apr 27, 2010

The front is by Jack Difazio, he modified a test bike for Mike jackson

The headstock was cut off and replaced by a pivot which moves the tank back by an inch or so.

There are 2 lockheed callipers which through the linkages have anti dive built in, the wheel moves verticaly in the frame and hub steers about a central king pin

Rides solidly and stops quite well!

I will look out the restoration pictures, Norman White did the engine, he is only a few miles from Andover. incidently I am about 100 yards from the eold showroom/office from the 70s!

Runs a new home built loom, pazon rectifier, o ring 520 chain and Falcon shocks, still need to sort the spring rate out

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