The Norton Commando is a British motorcycle produced from 1967 to 1977, built around a parallel twin engine mounted in a rubber isolated frame system the company called Isolastic, designed to reduce the vibration that troubled earlier twin cylinder motorcycles. It was named Machine of the Year by readers of Britain's Motor Cycle News for several consecutive years and is regarded as one of the last great British motorcycles before Japanese manufacturers came to dominate the market.
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SignificanceWon the Motor Cycle News Machine of the Year award for five successive years from 1968 to 1972; around 60,000 Commandos were made in total. 1 Manufacturer or BuilderNorton Motorcycle company (Norton-Villiers) 1 FAQs
How many Norton Commandos were built?
Around 60,000 were made in total.
Around 60,000 Commandos were made in total during the ten years of production. In the United Kingdom it won the Motor Cycle News Machine of the Year award for five successive years, from 1968 to 1972.
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The Norton Commando is a British Norton-Villiers motorcycle with an OHV pre-unit parallel-twin engine, produced by the Norton Motorcycle company from 1967 until 1977.
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The Norton Commando is a British Norton-Villiers motorcycle with an OHV pre-unit parallel-twin engine, produced by the Norton Motorcycle company from 1967 until 1977.
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During its ten years of production, the Commando was popular all over the world. In the United Kingdom it won the Motor Cycle News "Machine of the Year" award for five successive years from 1968 to 1972. Around 60,000 Commandos were made in total.
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The Norton Commando is a British Norton-Villiers motorcycle with an OHV pre-unit parallel-twin engine, produced by the Norton Motorcycle company from 1967 until 1977.
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