Pictures of your Norton Commandos
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Brought out the film camera and took this shot in my garage this weekend
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Petersen said:Well, at least the clutch and front brake are Commando. My daily ride since 1995.
Mmmm....pretty.
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Thesilverfox said:
Whoa, just noticed the film bit. Nicely done!
(I used to do B/W C-41and E-6 for a living...many moons ago)
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JimNH said:Mine:
Jim you're a bad man. I just love that paint scheme. But I generally succeed in persuading myself that my current metallic blue paint job is OK. Then some toe rag comes along and posts a picture of the 'Jubilee' (as Norman White tells me it was correctly called) paint scheme and it starts all over again!
Actually, come to think of it, I think that metallic blue would really suit your bike... why don't we swap tins ??
Fast Eddie said:
Eddie,
Funny thing about the paint: I bought the bike about 25 years ago as a rolling basket case. It had the scheme and I liked it but the paint was very tired. Whilst rehabbing the rest of it I brought the tinwork to a local auto shop that advertised that they did MC work. The manager assured me that he could duplicate the paint so I left it with him. Two weeks later I got a call saying the paint was stripped, what color did I want it? Needless to say I was furious! I stated the paint was to have been duplicated. Well, a week later it was "done", except it was totally FUBAR. After going up one side and down the other on the manager I was able to trace the scheme on a brand new MKIII that was still in the box. Armed with that the manager did the work instead of his apprentice and got it reasonably close.
As much as I like blue I'm more fond of the white with red and blue, so the trade is off. :wink:
That's the first time I've heard it referred to as Jubilee. I often hear it called JPN but that's just wrong. No one has ever presented, to my knowledge, any evidence that this scheme has anything to do with John Player.
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Thanks, this is a 4x5 shot with Tmax100 developped in Rodinal in a paterson tank.
I like old motorcycles and old cameras
I like old motorcycles and old cameras
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Thesilverfox said:
I sold my Linhoff 4x5, lenses, and Beseler 45C when I moved to NZ 11 years ago.... still have my 23C, Bronica 6x6 and a couple of Leicas. But, use my cameraphone most days!
Keep it up!
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JimNH said:
Nice story Jim!
BTW, I have referred to this paint scheme as JPN for years, but Norman White told me its correct name at the time was the Jubilee paint scheme.
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Fast Eddie said:
Did he know which, what or who's anniversary it was in commemoration of, or was it just a name someone had come up with for the colour scheme?
According to the brochures and parts books the factory only refer to it as "White", Blue Stripe" or "Dayglow White with Blue stripes" finish.
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Triumph produced a T140J Silver Jubilee to commemorate the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and I would see one of these every time I went into the Dewey's Triiuph in Seattle before I moved to NZ. Somehow, I think this moniker was appropriated after the fact by a few for the Blue Stripe, as was the JPN moniker...
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