cliffa
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Oh sorry Norcoastal, I was presuming you were aware of the "New" Norton range. So to recap, as Kommando correctly stated (of course ), American Kenny Dreer - a long time Norton dealer / fan developed a next generation Commando and was about to go into production when his backers pulled out. Enter British entrepreneur Stuart Garner, who bought all the manufacturing rights and the Norton name, then "productionised" that Commando into what is now the 961. I won't go into the debacle that followed, however they are at least producing British built motorcycles and have been for the past 10 years. If you have a few days spare you can look on the (modern) Commando thread, and you will see the relevance of my comments.Hi Cliffa, not to sound dumb...but what is a 961? Isn’t that a new bike?
So in essence the 961 is a beautiful but flawed handbuilt bike, with poor support outside of the U.K.
I hope this helps,
cliffa.