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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: chuck peterson on August 21, 2018, 05:47:06 AM

Title: So perfectly all wrong...Hi Rider Norton, ny CL via LA
Post by: chuck peterson on August 21, 2018, 05:47:06 AM

Let me count the ways this is so FU from the factory...just what were they ingesting those days anyway? It's so messed up, it's a collector piece, right? A factory chopper where all you have to do is add extended forks and boom, your a chopper guy.

https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/mcy/d/1972-norton-commando/6669854366.html


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Title: Re: So perfectly all wrong...Hi Rider Norton, ny CL via LA
Post by: chuck peterson on August 21, 2018, 09:07:30 AM

Thanks that's great stuff. I loved using my roommates Interstate and drove it more than he did. The shift pattern set up was amazing. Upside-down and on the wrong side I can't remember, and felt perfect.

Title: Re: So perfectly all wrong...Hi Rider Norton, ny CL via LA
Post by: Sheepdog on August 21, 2018, 09:46:59 AM

I love Commandos, but not the Hi Rider. It's the un-Norton. However, it pre-dated the "factory custom" craze that occurred in the late seventies, making it a trend-setter. At least it's pretty simple to return a Hi Rider to Roadster trim...and besides, Nortons had great ads.

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