I Bought a Brand New 1975 British Motorcycle(Rare)

PLEASE for the love of God, SCAN and upload that manual to the internet. As an owner of an older/rare bike, finding a manual was such a struggle. There are so many project builders out there who could benefit from that manual that may be extremely had to get ahold of

Hey man, bikes are meant to be ridden. I hate seeing bikes rotting away not living their purpose. Keep saving em. You guys rock.

As a biker and British I applaud and respect you for what you did. It shouldn't be left in a crate to gather dust for time in memorial, it should be used for what it's creator intended. Too many good bikes are squirreled away in "private " collections or museums stood dormant for all too long. keep unboxing them and giving them a life they deserve. Good man.

I'm from The UK, and in around 1986 I worked for a company that made the exhaust pipes for Norton. I was surprised to find out that out of each batch of pipes, some would be stamped with the Norton logo and some were not. The ones with the stamp went to Norton and the ones left blank were sold as cheaper non original parts. But they were made in the same place and identical in every way.

I bought a 1975 Norton Commando (black) brand new, a beautiful motorcycle and rode that bike all over Texas. The bike felt alive with every thump of the motor and every shake of the bike a true classic.

I am the Commando technical advisor for the Norton Owners club. My recommendation is that you put new tyres and inner tubes on those wheels, before riding it. I have a 100,000 miles on my own Commando so I do know a bit about them.👍🇬🇧

Awesome. I owned three Norton's and worked on them for years. You needed three sets of tools, SAE, Metric, and British Whitworth. Use the wrong tool and tears would flow. Never had the electric start or Disk brakes. People bought the Honda 750-4 because of four cylinders but I could still spank them on the Norton. Loved the sound of the Dunstall pipes. Thanks for showing this. It brought back many memories. Made me think of Barney Tillman again.

I worked in the late 70s at the factory that made those brakes (becoming a manager in 1984). Lockheed was made under licence by Automotive Products at its Tachbrook Road, Royal Leamington Spa site (long since knocked down and redeveloped). The only surviving part of that company is AP Racing, whose brakes you will still see today on high end and race vehicles.

As a life long biker, born in UK 1960, I can assure you this is a piece of motorcycling history. As a kid of 15, seeing this on the road was something special. For the price you couldn't go wrong. Great video guys !!

OMG I thought I’d never see another Norton in my life. My first motorcycle was a 1974 Blue Norton 850 Commando. I loved that bike! It was stolen off my side carport the night my first love and I broke up. It was like I lost the love of my life twice in less than 24 hours. This episode sure has brought back some fond memories. Glad you spent the money. Listening to it run really brought it back. Thanks for the memories!

In 1975, I went to the Norton dealer where I lived and test drove this bike. Wow. I was actually amazed that he let me take it for a ride. So cool.

When I was in the AF my buddy and I both bought new black 1975 Norton Commandos 850 cc V-twins. The electric start would sometimes start the bike, but it was a great kick-start assist. They handled like a 350cc bike of that time. The gold letters on the black tank looked wonderful. The Honda Goldwing 4 cylinder had more power, but on a twisty road, you would leave them in the rearview mirror. Compared to Harleys they were much quicker and handled better, but being cool is what a Harley is all about. I also had a canary yellow 1971 Norton 750 which was so much fun. Enjoy your bike.

Me and my dad had always planned to build a bike when I got back from the war. Unfortunately, the rotation kept coming until I was injured in a combat jump and when I was healing after retirement, we found out that he had very aggressive cancer and couldn't finish the fight the way I wanted. Don't feel bad, he's pain free, racing the hills of Heaven and I'm fortunate to have been his son. Thank you guys for sharing this, he would have loved it as much as I do! Godspeed brothers. Sua Sponte

I bought a 1974 850 Norton Commando brand new!! It was a gorgeous metal flake blue. My favorite bike, ever!

In the U.K. Norton’s are legend. They have an amazing history you need to read up. You have a classic beast to be proud of. I had no doubt she would start. The engines were tank like in their reliability.

My uncle Mike had one of these, brand new, back in ‘76. I remember riding on the back at 80 mph early in the morning on the way to breakfast. He only let me take it out once. I was 13 and I rode it to town, felt like a man. I loved it.

These old bike unboxings are my favorite episodes on your channel. When I was a teenager, this was considered the ultimate bike ,and Norton had the best ads in bike mags.

FINALLY!!!! There's a lot of Harley Love on this channel...which is understandable. But I've been waiting for some cool British bikes because, let's face it, Classic British bikes are pretty frickin' cool!

Had a friend who bought a new Commando in 1972. There was enough engine vibration that it didn’t take long for the very cool low exhaust pipes to break near where they connected to the exhaust manifold. Warranty replacements broke the same way.

I’m 64 yrs old. In 1975 I worked for a motorcycle dealership in my hometown. I built new bikes from the crate. I built plenty of Nortons. That really brings back some great memories watching you build that bike. The guy that I worked for had a Norton still in the crate in his barn later on in life. I wonder if your bike is that bike? I’d love to hear your story of where that bike came from!