I rember seeing one of these on the road as a schoolboy, it thundered past as I cycled off to town, I must have been in my teens and it was one of those childhood memories that forever stays with you.
The John Player Norton 750 won the 1973 F750 TT at the Isle of Man ridden by Peter Williams ,Mike Grant on the JPS came second , the JPS also won the Thruxton 500 in 1973 ,it produced only 70 bhp from a push rod engine but had a top speed of 150 mph .Ducati copied the Race Replica idea with the Mike Hailwood Replica 900 HR in 1979 sales of these 7000s bike helped keep the company afloat .Ducati also public acknowledged they copied Nortons tubular steel trellis frame from the JPS 1974 bike for their iconic Ducati 916 released in 1994
Nice bike . Did you mention the Isolastic engine mounts ? To offset engine vibration Norton designed a rubber shim system which separated the engine from the frame a tiny bit The swing arm hung from the same two vertical engine mounting plates , that held the separate crankcase and gear box housing , which also improved vibration effects . With the lovely engine torque and fairly low weight the Commando was a joy to drive . It could be listed as one of the first superbikes I think . Five speed Quafe box . Excellent addition . I had a Dunstall Commando , I wish I still had it ....we have far curvier roads in the UK , so we developed machines to fit , Commandos are not in any way boring to drive over here ! Excepting the fact that some idiot invented speed camera drones .
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Nice that it has Alloy rims, they all came with steel ones as standard.
Amazing machine!
I rember seeing one of these on the road as a schoolboy, it thundered past as I cycled off to town, I must have been in my teens and it was one of those childhood memories that forever stays with you.
Wow, amazing story for sure!
The John Player Norton 750 won the 1973 F750 TT at the Isle of Man ridden by Peter Williams ,Mike Grant on the JPS came second , the JPS also won the Thruxton 500 in 1973 ,it produced only 70 bhp from a push rod engine but had a top speed of 150 mph .Ducati copied the Race Replica idea with the Mike Hailwood Replica 900 HR in 1979 sales of these 7000s bike helped keep the company afloat .Ducati also public acknowledged they copied Nortons tubular steel trellis frame from the JPS 1974 bike for their iconic Ducati 916 released in 1994
Interesting. Thanks!
Beautiful! Keep up the great reviews Keith.
Love this one...for sure!
Wooow!!! Nice jewel!!!
Thanks!!
Must be fun going in a straight line.
Was happy to get to ride it. Would love to have rode it on some better roads. Wahoo!
Yes its the gear lever which is making the shifting reversed
Interesting!
Nice bike . Did you mention the Isolastic engine mounts ? To offset engine vibration Norton designed a rubber shim system which separated the engine from the frame a tiny bit The swing arm hung from the same two vertical engine mounting plates , that held the separate crankcase and gear box housing , which also improved vibration effects . With the lovely engine torque and fairly low weight the Commando was a joy to drive . It could be listed as one of the first superbikes I think .
Five speed Quafe box . Excellent addition . I had a Dunstall Commando , I wish I still had it ....we have far curvier roads in the UK , so we developed machines to fit , Commandos are not in any way boring to drive over here ! Excepting the fact that some idiot invented
speed camera drones .
I don't think I mentioned that. Thank you! Great bike, for sure. Wahoo! (Speed Drones...DANG!)
John Player was a British Cigarette manufacturer, there slogan was Players Please, seen them raced back in the 1970s
Nice!
Nice 👍
Thanks ✌