Registration No: ALB 68J
Frame No: 139740
Engine No: 20M3127495
CC: 750
MOT: Exempt

• Authentically presented Commando Fastback
• Part of a private collection on the Isle of Man
• Supplied with a current UK V5C

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Norton was founded by James Lansdowne Norton in Birmingham in 1898 and began building motorcycles with French and Swiss engines in 1902. In 1907 a Norton with a Peugeot engine won the first Isle of Man TT race starting a long tradition of sporting excellence and the Commando launched in 1967 carried on this theme culminating in Peter Williams’ victory in the 1973 Formula 750 TT. The bike was first seen in 1967 at the Earls Court Show and the first production bikes were available in March 1968 initially with 750cc displacement, in 1973 it became an 850cc. During its ten years of production the Commando was popular all over the world, in the United Kingdom winning the Motor Cycle News "Machine of the Year" award for five successive years from 1968-1972. Around 60,000 Commandos were made in total. The original Commando, designed by Bob Trigg, was the cool-looking 'Fastback' with its elongated tail unit behind the seat that extended along either side of the fuel tank.

This 1970 Commando is the second-generation Fastback with the distinctive upswept exhaust. Part of a deceased estate, it has spent a lot of its life on the Isle of Man and in the ownership of the vendor since 2005. In 2018 it was subject to a £741 overhaul by Granville Motorcycles, not used for a few years it will need recommissioning before use. On being repatriated back to the mainland it has been put back onto its original UK registration number and comes supplied with a current V5C. Please note; the engine must have been changed at some point from its original 20M35139740 to the current 20M3127495 but the original number is still showing on the V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189