Norton Commando

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Long stroke engines are the bee's knees aesthetically - the boy racers would pull up alongside thinking you were riding a vintage motorcycle and you'd overtake them in about three or 4 revolutions - I can't help thinking of those Harry Enfield horse racing sketches.

Stopping was an entirely different thing. Mine had twin leading shoes on the front that "surprised" the mad biker mate who bought it off me ...

Jesus fuck, leading shoe brakes. Fun when they got hot.

 

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Norton Motorcycles' ex-owner must pay back £14m missing from pension fund

Pensions Ombudsman rules that trustee Stuart Garner had acted ‘dishonestly’

amp.theguardian.com

Nice start. I hope the cunt does time.

No chance.

 

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I see Norton's have been bought by the Indian firm TVS and are moving back to Solihull.