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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Ah yes; I used to ride with a guy who had one of these. His no longer had the fairing, was all black, and had the "John Player Special" logo on the side covers. This was about '78 through '82 or so. My Sportster (the very same one pictured on the last page) could hang with him pretty well, or even pass him in the straights, but the corners were another matter entirely. Anyway, very cool bike there Tech. You shoulda hung onto it...
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Yeah, shoulda held on to the GT350 and the '55 Nomad, too. Ah well.
Jay Leno is the only other guy I new who had one. The Norton Owner's Club went out to his place and I mentioned I had the same bike. He said: "It's kind of like a transvestite. You see it from a ways off and get real excited, but then you get on and say 'hey, something's not right here'." Made me laugh out loud. He was right. It's just a plain old 850 Commando with fancy dress.