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New Nortons

Discussion in 'Other Motorcycles' started by adrian1, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. adrian1

    adrian1 Active Member

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    adrian1, Dec 10, 2009
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    Same
     
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  3. RickCoMatic

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    Oooh, Baby!

    Show-up with 20-thousand bucks, ... you go home with an Exciting New Norton Commando and just over 5-Hundred change.

    But, ... I have an idea that the 5-Bills you have left is going to be needed for "Destination" ... or, "Dealer Markup"

    Twenty-Gees!
    Which is 19-thousand 9-hundred and 99 more Gees than I got.

    "Geeze. Nice bike. I can't afford one!"
     
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    Yeah... I'd like to see one but I doubt they will even make it this far south.
     
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    Yeah, I know. We've talked about these before. Speaking from my view as the long-time owner of an ORIGINAL Norton Commando, I'm kind of disappointed.

    They didn't DEVELOP it; just updated it with a bunch of spiffy new components. It's still a PUSHROD PARALLEL TWIN.

    PARALLEL twin, not vertical twin. There's a difference, missed by most. A PARALLEL TWIN'S pistons go up and down together, like a giant single.

    Not alternately, like pedaling a bicycle, like a nice logical vertical twin.

    It's nothing more than an expensive flashy retrobike, and will never have the "world-beating" performance that distinguished the original Norton Commando when it debuted in 1968. It's a "true" cafe racer, a sheep in wolf's clothing. The truth sucks sometimes.

    I love British bikes; but this one had so much potential and I feel they've missed the mark. I'll hang onto the real thing.
     
    bigfitz52, Dec 11, 2009
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    like the horrid 180degree crank gpz500,???
     
    seanvfr, Dec 16, 2009
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