– Cass Elliot taking on a sixties vibe with a racing green ‘68 Norton Commando. She was the voice of a generation as the youth enjoyed free love and a soundtrack to match.
February 12, 2022
Flying Jacket
– Norton badged machine with a swift footed JAP engine. Thick sheepskin pilot jacket essential garb for B road enjoyment.
December 23, 2021
Pygar rides
– John Philip Law and Jane Fonda running around on a period Norton in the late Sixties.
December 3, 2021
Matrix Matey
– Keanu wishes us all a great weekend. Especially from the saddle of a Norton Commando.
November 1, 2021
No Tail
– the lines of this legendary bike are well defined in another card from yesterday’s post subject.
October 21, 2021
Museum
– individual bike exhibits were splendidly assembled each showing off the machines with posters, paraphernalia and provenance. A racing Norton; Knievel’s stunt bike; McQueens Traveller; Harley garage.
October 6, 2021
Triton
– marvelous study in pencil of a classic Norton Triumph hybrid. Nice balance of fine detail and faded edges.
September 6, 2021
Barn Find
Piled behind some old Ford pistons and cam shafts. This Commando is in serious need of attention. Working on a plan to acquire it from my brother in law…
April 10, 2021
The Wall
How can you
have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?”
We don’t need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.
March 29, 2021
Fast Bloke
– Top rated TT racer from the Merseyside region, Geoff had multiple wins road racing in the mid C20th. Here’s a photo at the ‘52 Assen GP where he took victory on this 350 Norton featherbed machine. Geoff would have been 98 today.
March 24, 2021
The Man at Le Mans
– Mr Steve McQueen would have been 91 today. Always the King of Cool! he’s wearing his iconic blue dial Tag Heuer Monaco watch. The Norton Commando fits the Bill too!
December 29, 2020
He is the Law! And you’d better believe it!
– more likely to see him riding a scooter through the Chelsea district of London; actor Jude Law, seen here modeling a Post Office Red Norton Commando, is 48 today.
December 15, 2020
Going Commando
– chopped Brit iron developed into winterized transport for the northern climes. Well, it extends the riding season!
November 30, 2020
Sketch
– found pencil study of a Norton 750 engine. I’ve been warming up my HB’s & ink pens for a more dedicated sketching programme that I will be undertaking over the winter.
September 20, 2020
How much is that doggy in the window?
– on our return drive from a weekend away we stopped at the hipster town of Three Oaks MI. In one of the dusty window displays at an old hardware store stands a couple of vintage bikes. A 750cc Triumph Bonneville and a Norton Commando. I’ll have a 1/2lb bag of 6d nails please!
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