Telecasterless
Friend of Leo's
I don't know why this bums me out. I don't get why bone stock commandos and "dadded out" commandos sell for what they do.
I was a brit bike nut in the 90s and this Dunstall Norton replica is as close to period correct as you can get. So many crap "cafe racers" are sold with a silly Corbin bump seat and some do-dads to make it pretty and they call it a cafe racer.
If you know Nortons, I mean if you RIDE Nortons, have lived them, breathed them, you know what a classic correct bike should look like.
I don't know why I am lamenting this, I just don't understand today's buyer. I guess it is just mostly a bunch of old guys (older than me even) that don't carve canyons any longer because all the 20 something guys are riding modern bikes.
When I was in my 20s/30s in the 90s, riding, racing, tuning, living vintage bikes was cool to me. Maybe guys in that age range just don't care about riding old bikes really hard anymore. I guess times are changing.
Here's my bike for sale on BaT. If you want to hear it run, go to the youtube vids instead of the ones posted on the site because the acoustics are not nearly as good.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-norton-commando-2/
here's the youtube link, 4 vids including my fun kickstart routine:
I was a brit bike nut in the 90s and this Dunstall Norton replica is as close to period correct as you can get. So many crap "cafe racers" are sold with a silly Corbin bump seat and some do-dads to make it pretty and they call it a cafe racer.
If you know Nortons, I mean if you RIDE Nortons, have lived them, breathed them, you know what a classic correct bike should look like.
I don't know why I am lamenting this, I just don't understand today's buyer. I guess it is just mostly a bunch of old guys (older than me even) that don't carve canyons any longer because all the 20 something guys are riding modern bikes.
When I was in my 20s/30s in the 90s, riding, racing, tuning, living vintage bikes was cool to me. Maybe guys in that age range just don't care about riding old bikes really hard anymore. I guess times are changing.
Here's my bike for sale on BaT. If you want to hear it run, go to the youtube vids instead of the ones posted on the site because the acoustics are not nearly as good.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-norton-commando-2/
here's the youtube link, 4 vids including my fun kickstart routine: