The result was the Commando Production Racer (aka: “CPR”). The CPR’s first time out, it won the 1970 Thruxton 500 with Peter Williams and Charlie Sanby riding. Then Williams came within 1.6 seconds of ...

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.

These days, Norton deals in the world of craft. Each of its frames are hand-finished in its English factory, while certain parts are chiseled from solid blocks of billet aluminum. Bikes don’t leave ...