9th Jul, 2025 12:00
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
1971 Norton 750 Commando
Sold for £5,750
(including buyers premium)
Registration No: CMB 44K
Frame No: 152411
MOT: Exempt
- Matching numbers
- Formerly the property of a Norton-Villiers employee
- New steel tank and resprayed panels since 2014
Produced from 1967 to 1977, the Norton Commando utilised an overhead-valve, pre-unit parallel-twin engine. It was introduced in 1967 at the Earls Court Show and the first production bikes were available from March, 1968. Initially having a nominal 750cc displacement (actually 745cc), in 1973 it became an ‘850’ (actually 828cc). During its ten years of production, the Commando was popular all over the world. In Britain it won the Motor Cycle News Machine of the Year award for five successive years from 1968 to 1972. Around 60,000 Commandos were made in total.
This matching-numbers 1971 Commando 750 was previously owned by an ex-employee of the Norton-Villiers company, who rebuilt the engine to a high standard, using genuine parts where possible, before selling it to the vendor in 2014. The current owner has fitted a new steel tank, which has been painted along with the panels, and has generally looked after the bike so that it still appears in beautiful condition. The Norton received a new battery earlier this year and is described by the vendor as ‘ready to go’. In excellent condition for shows or enjoying on the road, this superb Commando is sold with the current V5C.
For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217
Auction: National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands, 9th Jul, 2025
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