Yesterdays MCN Article

NortonFactoryUK · Oct 22, 2015

Yesterdays MCN Article on the MK II Commando 961

richard-7 · Oct 22, 2015

Good Job Simon --- cheers!!!

worntorn · Oct 22, 2015

Mks are OK, just don't do a Combat version :mrgreen:

Glen

BritTwit · Oct 25, 2015

I think a Combat package would be great if done right.
The 961 crank isn't fragile like the 750/850's.
A liitle more CR, bigger intake valve, slightly hotter cam.
Offer it as a $2,000 option on any model.
Call it Combat II

Of course popular culture being what it is today, the term COMBAT would probably be viewed as wildly politically incorrect.

worntorn · Oct 25, 2015

Anyone who remembers the original Norton Combat Commandos will remember a very rough time in Nortons' history, not one to name anything after. Many Combats blew up in a spectacular fashion with very low miles. We only managed 1500 miles on my cousin's Combat before it sent a connecting rod through the crankcase! Norton detuned and fortified the engine, then fortified some more and made it larger to gain back some power. They dropped the Combat name like a hot potato, and for good reason, the Combat experience nearly wiped out the company in one fell swoop.
There are lots of better names to use, best to leave the Norton Combat Commando model in the history books!

Glen

grandpaul · Oct 25, 2015

Perfect slogan for a proposed new Combat model:

"It's the bomb"

BritTwit · Oct 25, 2015

The gangster version:
"it's da bomb!"

swooshdave · Oct 25, 2015

worntorn said:
Anyone who remembers the original Norton Combat Commandos will remember a very rough time in Nortons' history, not one to name anything after. Many Combats blew up in a spectacular fashion with very low miles. We only managed 1500 miles on my cousin's Combat before it sent a connecting rod through the crankcase! Norton detuned and fortified the engine, then fortified some more and made it larger to gain back some power. They dropped the Combat name like a hot potato, and for good reason, the Combat experience nearly wiped out the company in one fell swoop.
There are lots of better names to use, best to leave the Norton Combat Commando model in the history books!

Glen

Tell us how you managed to keep it below the red line...

BionicDan · Oct 31, 2015

Hi

Can anyone me have a larger scan of the article?
I can't read the one on this thread... the resolution is too low when zooming in.

Cheers

BionicDan

DallasNorton · Oct 31, 2015

BionicDan said:
Hi

Can anyone me have a larger scan of the article?
I can't read the one on this thread... the resolution is too low when zooming in.

Cheers

BionicDan

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2015 ... ctober-21/

BionicDan · Nov 1, 2015

Great, thanks, DallasNorton.
Maybe I shouldn't read it as I'll be chomping at the bit for the new version!!! :?
BD

NortonFactoryUK · Nov 2, 2015

BionicDan said:
Hi

Can anyone me have a larger scan of the article?
I can't read the one on this thread... the resolution is too low when zooming in.

Cheers

BionicDan

Click on the images and it opens them on photo bucket, you can then zoom in and it is clear enough to read.

BionicDan · Nov 3, 2015

Thanks.
D