Phil Radford, Norton Parts Expert Extraordinaire, owner of Fair Spares America, Inc., & all-around nice guy, beside a freshly-rebuilt Commando engine. When I pulled up to the non-descript commercial ...

The Commando first rolled out from the Norton factory from 1967 to 1977 and has won the UK Motorcycle of the year 5 times in a row. Over 500.000 Commando motorcycles were produced in that decade.

All four road models became MkIVs & one completely new model was added, the Commando Interstate, meant to be a long-distance touring bike, with a 5-gallon fuel tank. All models got reinforced ...