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Legendary Bikes: Peter Egan’s 1974 Norton Co...
Posted by Road Dirt Crew | Aug 28, 2020 | Legendary Bikes | 18 |
MZ’s Moto Memories: 1970 Dunstall Norton Commando 750
by Mark Zweig | Dec 12, 2023 | Legendary Bikes | 0 |
We finally got around to getting out to the garage to see the bikes. And there, leaning up against the wall in an old rickety garage with no doors on it, was a 1970 Dunstall Norton Commando 750, and behind it, also leaning against the wall, was a ‘78 Ducati Darmah. I asked him what he wanted for them and he hit me at $1000 for the Norton and $2000 for Ducati.
Read MoreNeale Bayly Rides: Neale’s Gonzo History Tour
by Neale Bayly | Jun 1, 2023 | Ride Life | 0 |
We lived to ride and rode to live. We partied through the night, raging at parties till dawn. At the zenith of our insanity, Wibbly rode a Norton 850 Commando, and I was welded to the seat of a battle-weary 1978 Laverda 1200 Mirage, hopped up with Jota cams, bars, and pegs. Three trashcan-sized pistons sucked 105-octane gas and damp, rain-saturated air through filter-less Dellorto carburetors with the sophistication of a cement mixer, before hurling the exploded remains through a chrome Harris 3-into-1 exhaust.
Read MoreLegendary Bikes: Peter Egan’s 1974 Norton Commando
by Road Dirt Crew | Aug 28, 2020 | Legendary Bikes | 18 |
Peter Egan has been called America’s Favorite Automotive Writer. A Wisconsin native, Egan held unprecedented dual editorial positions with both Cycle World and Road & Track magazines for nearly three decades before semi-retiring from his monthly columns in 2013.
In that time, he rode and reviewed hundreds of motorcycles, but none remained as close to his heart as the Norton Commando. In fact, it was “Dateline: Missoula,” a story about an ill-fated, cross-continent trip on a Commando which was his first published article for Cycle World back in December 1977. Egan wrote, “So it seems I owe my journalism career to that Norton as well. If I’d bought a Honda, god knows what I’d be doing now. Possibly something useful to humanity. That or sleeping under a bridge.”

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