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Mar 31, 2018 21:16:39 #
This information may not be 100% accurate. I'm happy for anyone to chime in with corrections
Left to right
BSA Shooting Star 441cc ~1968-1970
Norton Commando Mk3 850 1975
AJS 350 ~1950-1960
Matchless 500 ~mid 60’s
AJS 500 ~mid 60’s
Matchless 500 ~60’s
Left to right
BSA Shooting Star 441cc ~1968-1970
Norton Commando Mk3 850 1975
AJS 350 ~1950-1960
Matchless 500 ~mid 60’s
AJS 500 ~mid 60’s
Matchless 500 ~60’s
Apr 1, 2018 05:37:14 #
Apr 1, 2018 06:06:22 #
DaveC1 wrote:
Nice, any idea which model the Norton (second from left) is?
850 Interstate I think.
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Apr 1, 2018 06:49:53 #
Digory
Loc: West Cornwall, UK
In the 1970's my father ran a motorbike garage in Cornwall (UK) and I ran a lorry.
I used to regularly go into the Triumph factory at Meriden, collecting bikes for my father and various other garages that I delivered to.
I was going into Triumph when they were getting into financial troubles and Tony Benn (of the Labour Govt) set them up as a workers cooperative.
Unfortunately also when they couldn't repay their loan and Maggie Thatcher put Triumph out of business.
I also used to go to Shenstone collecting Nortons for a while before they finished, when they were sold under NVT.
Sometimes I would collect the ex-police Norton Interpols from an auction at Bracknell, in fact I used to ride around on one that had the Combat engine.
In the late 1980's my father had a big auction and sold off his collection of 50-60 old British bikes - so it's all just a memory now.
I used to regularly go into the Triumph factory at Meriden, collecting bikes for my father and various other garages that I delivered to.
I was going into Triumph when they were getting into financial troubles and Tony Benn (of the Labour Govt) set them up as a workers cooperative.
Unfortunately also when they couldn't repay their loan and Maggie Thatcher put Triumph out of business.
I also used to go to Shenstone collecting Nortons for a while before they finished, when they were sold under NVT.
Sometimes I would collect the ex-police Norton Interpols from an auction at Bracknell, in fact I used to ride around on one that had the Combat engine.
In the late 1980's my father had a big auction and sold off his collection of 50-60 old British bikes - so it's all just a memory now.
Apr 1, 2018 06:52:08 #
tcthome
Loc: NJ
Nice collection there. I use to own a couple of triumph bonnevilles & a matchless back in the day. The matchless had a spark retarder that when adjusted just rite while rolling on the throttle made the thing a rocket!
Apr 1, 2018 07:41:16 #
Apr 1, 2018 07:59:31 #
DaveC1 wrote:
Strange as it may seem, I once knew a priest who own one, along with a Triumph chopper and a Honda Gold Wing.
Hey, with all that money from the collection plate, the priest can own whatever he wants.
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Apr 1, 2018 11:56:35 #
Absolutely magnificent. When I was younger I owned a Norton 750 Ranger. Just as beautiful as these motors in your photo. Total love. Better than sex! I'm attaching a photo of the Norton.
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Apr 1, 2018 17:07:45 #
When I was much, much younger I hopped on a friends 500cc BSA and promptly ran into a chain link fence since no one mentioned that the controls were in different places than a Japanese bike!
Apr 1, 2018 18:01:29 #
DaveC1 wrote:
When I was much, much younger I hopped on a friends 500cc BSA and promptly ran into a chain link fence since no one mentioned that the controls were in different places than a Japanese bike!
Oh those days were a challenge, weren’t they.
Apr 1, 2018 18:48:53 #
I had a BSA and later a Triumph and I drooled over a Norton Manxman.
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