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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 14:19 Post title : BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD | | | 
Norton Motorcycles (UK)
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 14:56 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | I agree. this is one that I mounted at the MC show on saturday. Very sexy.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 15:05 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mat1600) | | | Oh, I'd mount it alright... I'd mount it REAL GOOD! 
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| BlueNose | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/09/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,478 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 15:27 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | The Comando 961SE has my pulse racing!
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| CornerBanger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 07/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,113 | | Location | : | Charleston, SC, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 16:21 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: BlueNose) | | | REAL sweet!! They are pricey though.
| There are those who own and there are those who ride! 
2010 Thunderbird
2007 Kawi KX250F
2010 Kawi KX85 (My boy's ride)
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| mjgt | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 16:53 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: CornerBanger) | | | They sound fantastic with some aftermarket pipes on, I followed one for 8 miles just to listen to it earlier this year on my GSX1400fe with no baffles in and the norton was still better.
Mick
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| feduke | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 17:26 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mjgt) | | | Where's the floor boards and cruise control? 
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| CornerBanger | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 07/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,113 | | Location | : | Charleston, SC, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 17:48 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: feduke) | | | cant have cruise control with a rear end like that... Oh I meant the Norton...
| There are those who own and there are those who ride!
2010 Thunderbird
2007 Kawi KX250F
2010 Kawi KX85 (My boy's ride)
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 17:56 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: feduke) | | |
feduke wrote:
Where's the floor boards and cruise control? |
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I understand they are going to do an export model for the US - complete with backrest, leather panniers and ape hangers. 
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| CornerBanger | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 07/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 1,113 | | Location | : | Charleston, SC, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 19:12 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mat1600) | | | Will it drip oil and break down too?? LMAO Oh, can I get a chain wallet to go with it?
| There are those who own and there are those who ride!
2010 Thunderbird
2007 Kawi KX250F
2010 Kawi KX85 (My boy's ride)
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 19:17 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: CornerBanger) | | |
CornerBanger wrote:
Will it drip oil and break down too?? LMAO Oh, can I get a chain wallet to go with it? |
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 yeh yeh yeh.
After a close inspection of the engine build - that crank case is as tight as a nuns cr..........
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 19:22 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: feduke) | | |
feduke wrote:
Where's the floor boards and cruise control? |
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It's that little tubular black thingie right next to the front brake lever... twist it towards you to go, roll it back to stop.
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| feduke | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 11/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,441 | | Location | : | Daytona Beach, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 22 Nov 2011 - 20:24 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mat1600) | | | mat1600 wrote:
feduke wrote:
Where's the floor boards and cruise control? |
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I understand they are going to do an export model for the US - complete with backrest, leather panniers and ape hangers. |
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Alright! That's better. And the chain wallet should be standard. Like you guys don't like Brando and McQueen. Cooler then Pierce Brosnan any day! 
| I'm a secondhand vegetarian. Cows eat grass. I eat cows.
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2011 - 13:47 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: feduke) | | | While I'd never want to do a string of 600+ miles days on this puppy, I can certainly imagine cruising it through Waikiki (making all the bikini girls wet), blasting it up the Pali Highway through the Nu'uanu Pali tunnel, down into Kailua, twisting it up the Kamehameha Highway (stopping for some Romy's fresh shrimp in Kahuku), parking at Sunset Beach while I cool off with some body-surfing (hauling my surfboard on the Commando would ruin the aerodynamics!), then rolling into Haleiwa for the best burger in the universe at Hua'Aina Burger. Then, it's a fast trip back to Waikiki on 99 south to the H1... park it gently in the garage of my luxury penthouse condo, grab a shower and then go have sex with my new girlfriend, Penelope Cruz.
Hey, a man can dream, can't he?
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| BigJack | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2009 | | Posts | : | 246 | | Location | : | Mishawaka, In., United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2011 - 14:19 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | Don't be tellin Tweety about them dreems,sleeping aloan can cause more,LOL
| Big Jack, It's not what you ride,it's that you ride!!
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2011 - 14:41 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: BigJack) | | | BigJack wrote:
Don't be tellin Tweety about them dreems,sleeping aloan can cause more,LOL |
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A man's dreams are his own... and not in the domain of the women in his life 
Cafe racers haven't really been on my radar... they're all very pretty and all, but with all the other bikes out there, I didn't have an urge to have one in my garage. But this bike.... HOLY SHIT ON A STICK! I think I had a wet dream about it last night! The little wheels in my head have been turning and turning, trying to figure out how I can get one of my very own!
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2011 - 15:23 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | Please Santa - please can I have................................................... or else the reindeer gets it.
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 23 Nov 2011 - 16:49 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mat1600) | | |
mat1600 wrote:
Please Santa - please can I have................................................... or else the reindeer gets it. |
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Hey now, it's not nice to extort Santa. Though I AM trying to figure out if I can sell a kidney to buy one!
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 25 Nov 2011 - 20:58 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: BlueNose) | | |
BlueNose wrote:
The Comando 961SE has my pulse racing! |
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My favorite is the sport
Gotta love those spoke wheels and the small front fender (the cafe racer one is big and ugly).
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 25 Nov 2011 - 23:35 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: Thatch) | | | Thatch wrote:
My favorite is the sport
Gotta love those spoke wheels and the small front fender (the cafe racer one is big and ugly).
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I wouldn't go so far as to call the cafe racer front wheel ugly, but the sport DOES look a sight more comfy with those full bars vs. the cafe's clip-ons. I would prefer the sport to have the inverted Ohlins front shock, though I wouldn't turn my nose up if the sport (as shown above) happened to materialize in my garage tomorrow!
Oh, and I think I like the sport's pipes a lot better, too.
A Side Note: Gotta love the branded "Norton" rear stand, too
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 26 Nov 2011 - 07:28 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: narsisco_lopez) | | | sport for me
in times of immense masculine angularity in a lot of modern bike design its refreshingly pure to see curvacious feminine form surface in such a desirable way. much could be argued nostalgic but much though to functional uncluttered necessity. whichever, the reflex to salvate is overwhelming
so pleased it not in blue and white
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| shagrat57 | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 14/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 393 | | Location | : | Totton, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2011 - 09:43 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: zolti) | | | I really love the sports version. I had a '73 MkIIa Commando 850 about 10 years ago, which was a lovely bike. Mine was the last kick-start model before the girly electric start was introduced. Would dearly love another Norton.
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2011 - 10:38 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: shagrat57) | | | Love these Nortons. So much so, that I was looking at getting one. With money not getting on well in banks I thought about putting it into one of these instead. Then it got me thinking that I should really be looking at a classic Norton or Triton - something I have grown very fond of in the past couple of years. Not sure what the depreciation value of the new ones is going to go like, but values of classics are pretty good and stable.
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| mjgt | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 16/09/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,201 | | Location | : | North Somerset, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2011 - 10:50 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mat1600) | | | Mat, remember to get the best complete running example you can, a rebuils and quality spares can put the price up to more than a good example.
There is a chap who retores bike up the road and he has been commissioned to rebuid a bike which will be worth about £4k when done but it will cost over £6k to do, not a good investment in the short term.
| Mick . . . Keep the rubber side down!!
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2011 - 10:57 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: mjgt) | | | Cheers - I have fallen into that trap before - spending more than the thing was worth - but that's love for you 
I would want one to ride - but only local, I want a cafe but there is no way I could ride it for more that a couple of hours. So a good fully restored or well looked after bike is the way I would go.
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| Farkinott | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/12/2010 | | Posts | : | 283 | | Location | : | Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2011 - 13:13 Post title : Re: BIKE GIVES MAN WOOD (Re: CornerBanger) | | | CornerBanger wrote:
REAL sweet!! They are pricey though. |
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About $26000 australian i believe
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