[Eagle9]

Oh, sorry. Thought you had a commando.

That was the first thought to cross my mind too. I bought one in the Spring of my senior year in high school, 1970. It was a very fast bike, which was only made for two years, 1969 & 70, and only came in red or blue metal flake. All the motorcycle magazines had tested it at 12.6 seconds in the ¼ mile, and were mystified by it being called scrambler, just because of the "S" designation by Norton. It was built for speed and could really shock owners of muscle cars of that era, when it came to street racing. The photos that I have are not clear enough (Kodak Instamatic) but I found a pic of one on the Internet exactly like the one I had.

Norton Commando 750 "S"

 

 

http://www.geocities.com/thebikers/museum/index.htm

[kallisti]

Thanks for the memory stimulation, great bike.

[Feckless]

Electrics by Lucas, the man who invented darkness. :-)

[Eagle9]

Regarding Norton motorcycles, see my post #126.

Yes, Lucas electrics were notorious.
BTW, a close friend had a Norton 750 Ranger (an updated P11A) at the same time I was riding the Commando "S". I bought a Harley a couple of years later, when I was discharged from the Army.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Regarding Lucas, you got that right. Being a glutton for punishment I had a 69 BSA Lightning 650 and a 64 Triumph Spitfire. Arrrgh. What awful electronics.

But the BSA was such a nice handling bike. The Japanese bikes at the time just didn't have it. I never rode with Nortons, but did pretty well against my buddy that rode a Triumph Bonneville.