1972 Norton Commando Combat Roadster 750cc Cafe Racer
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- The bike can be seen for sale here: chicago.craigsl...
Parts:
Dunstall Exhaust
Brand new Avons with fresh stainless spokes & nipples along with polished hubs.
Norvil stainless steel rearsets
Vernier isolastics front and rear
Dave Taylor head steady with spring
New England manf. dual racing seat
Stainless seat knobs
Clubman low handle bars
Oil pressure gauge with bracket
Halogen high power headlight
Magura master brake cylinder
Stainless steel front brake line
Tygon fuel lines with stainless crimps
BAP fuel petcocks
Brand new poly bushings for swing arm
Progressive front springs
Koni adjustable rear shocks
Tommaselli twin pull throttle with nylon lined cables
K&N Air filter pod and oil filter
Boyer electronic ignition
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I bought a Used '72 Commando in '74 for $800. It had never been licensed for the street. Retired flat track bike. Halfway back to street legal. Bored to 810 CC, Full Dunstall mods, cam, heads, pistons, stripped down for weight, it's electrics were all messed up but it ran AND CAME WITH A SHOP MANUAL IN THE Queen's english if U know what I mean, wrenches were called spanners and such. I got the wiring figured out and OMG! Area Norton shop told me it made 84 HP! I ran it across a scale at 440 lb with a big custom 8 gallon gas tank full. Damn, it was squirrley! Wheelie in all 4 gears. Drop the hammer and hang onto the bars for yer life! Speedo was marked to 160 mph. I was absolutely certain it would do that but never made it past 136 as I had it set up as a sit up cruiser and the wind over the bars would tear me off if I went faster. Cam made the engine lope bigtime. Sitting at a stoplight the front wheel would bounce 3 inches off the ground at idle. Them 2 big pistons throw together U know. Custom tank didn't say Norton..........One night a guy came beside me on a new 1,000 cc Goldwing Honda. He looked at me and sez "What the hell is that?" I Reply, "some call this a motorcycle but U don't know, yer on a Honda" Musta pissed him off because when the light went green he tried to show me all 1,000 cc. I got to the next light and he arrived later and thot he could do better when that one went green. And so we did it again, for 5 stoplights and he lost worse every time, at the last light he pulled up and said......."ok I earned it, what is it?" I told him it was a Norton, Racing mods, 11.75 to one compression and he was a fool to even try. No, it wasn't comfortable to ride. It was too tall for my short legs and that cam would beat U to death with the vibration. But, OMG FAST! One look at the pipes burnt blue from the heads to the foot pegs would tell anybody with a bit of knowledge this bike was not to be messed with!
Interesting about the shop manual, was it the one for the 750 (with the clip binder so it would lie open on the bench to the page you were looking at) or the one for the 850? I knew the man who wrote the 750 manual, he had worked for Triumph at Meriden before so it's no wonder it sounds British. The man who wrote the 850 manual was a total gearhead, knew his stuff right down to the ground, and spent a lot of time in the Experimental Department as it was being written. A smart guy, dedicated to Nortons, and an awfully, awfully nice chap, actually. Maybe you'll get to meet him sometime.
I am 65, have rode motorcycles all my life, everyone was fun ( except when was 13 a old fella gave me a panther 250 on a steep hill you jumped of and pushed) I have ridden a Hyabusca... insane power.. To me the Norton Commando could be the best bike ever, pure fun... they seem to become one with the rider, I remember on the Hume Highway on night getting along at 100 mph, (1970) the sound of a Norton Commando on song is better than music...
I will be 65 in July and have owned my 1970 since 1973. Best bike I have ever owned and I have owned many, but decided to keep this one while riding the others through the years. It survived a family of four and sitting idle for 15 years in my garage. I watched as it slowly began returning to the earth from which it came from. In about 2011, I decided to bring it back from it's fate as I wanted to get back into bikes. Many hours and dollars later we are almost there. My bare steel new gas tank is waiting to be painted as the glass one is succumbing to the fuel, but the engine, finally is back to new after being rebuilt incorrectly north of Hamilton. A new set of rings corrected the problem as one oil ring had been broken during assembly resulting in blue smoke after the $1700 CDN rebuild. Ha-ha. New rings (Hastings, good) $80 and take it all apart again wondering what the problem was after being "rebuilt". Now finally we are in business with NO OIL SMOKE ! You want something done right, do it yourself ! ! !
That looks very much like my second Commando, 1970 model (except for the silencers - yeah, right, and handlebars, and the fact that the '70 had a silver cylinder barrel) I had stock pipes and clip-ons -- best thing I ever did with that bike was to put rear set foot rests on it. Even with the stock tank, it completely remakes the riding position and changes the dropped hand position from a chore to a dream.
My "current" Commando (owned for 47 years in August so I guess that's current) was built as a '72 Combat but the service guy offered me new mains when the original ones passed 9,000 miles with no problems, and I'd been riding it hard and racing it. At that time, I had access to a brand new 850 engine that had never been fully assembled so I bought that and put it in my frame. I changed to 850 fork clamps (a little heavier at big turns but *much* more stable about 115 Mph) and a factory racing head steady with Isolastics. I also put on the factory racing tank, front mudguard, seat, and the full IOM fairing -- the clipons, mod to make the brake hose come out of the brake master cylinder, very helpful with a fairing, and rear sets were already on it. Oh, and the engine was blueprinted (as much as a Norton engine can be) and the head "breathed on". For the torque, I went with a "S" cam and I swear I like it better than the "SS" in my 69, or 70 and the "SSSS" in the Combat engine. Oh, and a set of 34mm Concentrics that nobody liked were sitting around the shop so I went with them. If they ever are so worn that they can't be rebuilt, I'll probably go back to 32s but these work really well with the 850 and the "S" cam.
Thanks for the look at your yellow Commando, as much as I like my red one, it sure brings back a lot of memories (very happy ones and ones like the rod coming through the cases at VIR in Virginia just before the end of a 5-Hour Production race).
That sure is a Beautiful piece of Brit iron.
Proof positive that British Knew how to create quality art work back in the time when they had pride in themselves..🤗
I had a second hand 750 as a 17 year old. Dropped it just outside the shop as it was my first bike and no real skills back then. I traded it after a while on a brand new CB750. I always remember riding away on the faultless new Honda and realising immediately that on one level, I was taking a huge step backwards. The Norton was seriously cool even though the headers rattled loose, the main stand fell off and the clutch was always slipping!
I rode on the back of a Norton 29 years ago 😁
That good ol' British Beef of a bike sounds so bloody good that I would give up my house for one.
Awesome bike! I wish it was louder! Just love the "roar"!!
Great looking and sounding bikes , they don't like too many revs in the low gears i remember , guy i knew had one in 72 and he used to rev it and was always knocking out the mains , dealer fitted "superblend" bearings mod but he still managed to knock em out ! lol , dealer banned him from the shop and said no more warranty work sunshine ! lol :o)
Over revved too much. ( What a waste) Buy an RR you can rev that to the moon (15000 RPM) and the rev limiter will be your babysitter.
Beautiful music. 😊
That's IT, wonderful.
Great mufflers for the Norton!
Now that's what a Norton should sound and run like. Some of these other ones are way off, eg. idles at 2300 RPM, running on one cylinder, takes 8 kicks to start it, pumping ticklers / throttles, etc. Sort of like voting. One in one hundred know what they are doing.
Sounds great, just the way it should be.
Unbelievable.
That is fast 👍
Superb!
Do you wear any black leather biker jackets chaps or levis jeans with your bike?
517 Levi's
Hi Chris, What exhaust system are you using? It sounds great. I have a freshly restored Combat as well.Regards,GordonSt-Lazare, Quebec - Canada
+Gordon Roseborough Genuine Dunstall pipes! Thanks
Glad u didn’t come off and split your melon on the road..I hate the sight of blood and brains and fragmented bones
That"s Norton! No BMW....
running into a train,would suck
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70 lbs oil pressure at 1500 rpm -yikes! The correct oil pressure should be 50 - 55 lbs at 3000 rpm. 50 yr pro - Sundquist Norton - you tube 2019