| Atlas & Commando | Commando Fastback |
Commando Fastback Mk III |
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| 1968, the aftermath of motorcycling. The old Atlas 's vibrations are just not enough to face the invading japs. Something new must come, and this is the Commando, not yet known as Fastback. | 1970, this is the first Fastback, with the "S" mods (tacho drive position) | 1971, new silencers, gone are the fork gaiters. | |||||||||||
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| Commando Fastback Mk IV |
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| 1972, the end is nearing
and in a last attempt to seduce, the Old Lady wears sparkling dresses
with psychedelic colours. But don't mistake, the customers prefered four legged sushis to toffees. |
1974, the writing is on the walls and the many victories in side car cross in both french and world championships won't suffice to make forget the bad reputation acquired by the Combat engine. | JPS are among the finest racing machines ever produced. One can only praise their sheer qualities and their riders skills. To be true, in the Transatlantic Races, the Trident is in first line. But The Sound of the Commandos at night during the 1974 Bol d' Or is something the lucky one who heard it will never forget... | |||||||||||
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| Commando Interstate Mk I A |
Commando Roadster Mk III |
1976, it's all over now, NVT belongs to the past and, like Cromwell and Climax, Norton will forever be mythical. | |||||||||||
| Performance wise, the Commando is no match to competitors and has to fight on another ground to attract : engine torque, comfort.. The potential buyer has grown in age and his wife too needs to be convinced. Perhaps should they have tried with Conolly leather? | 1975, last shot, they put new isolastics, an electric foot, gearchange goes upside down. Too late! And imagine that most of this was on the blueprints back in 1967... | ||||||||||||
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