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A very interesting read, although I had to scratch my head on a couple of them. LINK: https://hiconsumption.com/best-motorcycles-of-all-time/
I'm gunna go the other way -- Had a P11 as well as several Commandos (including a fastback), and I could shoot myself for ever letting any of them go... Only thing I'd replace is the Lucas electronics (the inventor of darkness) and did on two of them... rode mine from Washington state to Florida -- from the Carolinas to Texas and even in the snow up in Montana and the Dakotas (had to bring them inside to get `em to start when the temps were down around zero F).I used to own a Norton Commando, and have never said anything nice about it...
I need me a Commando one day. I don't care if they're powered by the Prince of Darkness, I just love how they look!I'm gunna go the other way -- Had a P11 as well as several Commandos (including a fastback), and I could shoot myself for ever letting any of them go... Only thing I'd replace is the Lucas electronics (the inventor of darkness) and did on two of them... rode mine from Washington state to Florida -- from the Carolinas to Texas and even in the snow up in Montana and the Dakotas (had to bring them inside to get `em to start when the temps were down around zero F).
But to each his own :smile:
-- Larry
I had a 68 Dunstall after the 71 Commando. I used the front forks, some brake parts, the clutch and casing, off a newer Commando. All those parts were good. Also used a braced Suzuki swing arm and rear wheel, so I could change sprockets.I'm gunna go the other way -- Had a P11 as well as several Commandos (including a fastback), and I could shoot myself for ever letting any of them go... Only thing I'd replace is the Lucas electronics (the inventor of darkness) and did on two of them... rode mine from Washington state to Florida -- from the Carolinas to Texas and even in the snow up in Montana and the Dakotas (had to bring them inside to get `em to start when the temps were down around zero F).
But to each his own :smile:
-- Larry
Sounds like you rode your Commandos much harder than I ever did (I ran 21-tooth transmission sprocket on them and mostly just highway bikes), but I thrashed my P11 badly, mostly only had a seat and a Bates headlight -- great, thundering bike no fenders/mufflers for fire-roading (Georgia Carolinas) . Had a taillight too, tack-wleded to the seat pad... miss that bike... Never even saw a Dunstall except in pictures until the 80s...I had a 68 Dunstall after the 71 Commando. I used the front forks, some brake parts, the clutch and casing, off a newer Commando. All those parts were good. Also used a braced Suzuki swing arm and rear wheel, so I could change sprockets...