20-06-2011, 10:55 AM
Yes I did Chris and same for the Norman 
My dad didn't mind so much as he's a fan of bigger bikes and regards most two strokes as 'crap' but I know deep down he loved it really.
Bikes are a lot easier to restore than a car, so much less space and much cheaper too! Especially a small bike like a Bantam.
I do have another bike project hidden away, I've got a lot of old Triumph 3TA parts which I hope to turn into a Triton one day (Triumph engine mounted in a Norton featherbed frame). It is hoped to make a twin cylinder by merging 3TA engines together. They were a fantastic present from my woodworking teacher who is also a classic bike nut (he has a Vincent Black Shadow, Triumph 3TA and a Norvin- Vincent engine in a Norton featherbed frame).
Here is a picture of dad's current bike, a 1976 Norton Commando MK3 electric start, one of the very last produced. He owned another Commando a couple of years back, a lovely 1975 red one which he sold to buy a modern bike but soon got bored of riding that (it was a Triumph Sprint ST, he owned another before the red Commando). It's not as nice as his red one was but has a lot more history (the red one was imported from Canada a few years before he bought it) and is a great bike for blasting down the country roads.
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My dad didn't mind so much as he's a fan of bigger bikes and regards most two strokes as 'crap' but I know deep down he loved it really. Bikes are a lot easier to restore than a car, so much less space and much cheaper too! Especially a small bike like a Bantam.
I do have another bike project hidden away, I've got a lot of old Triumph 3TA parts which I hope to turn into a Triton one day (Triumph engine mounted in a Norton featherbed frame). It is hoped to make a twin cylinder by merging 3TA engines together. They were a fantastic present from my woodworking teacher who is also a classic bike nut (he has a Vincent Black Shadow, Triumph 3TA and a Norvin- Vincent engine in a Norton featherbed frame).
Here is a picture of dad's current bike, a 1976 Norton Commando MK3 electric start, one of the very last produced. He owned another Commando a couple of years back, a lovely 1975 red one which he sold to buy a modern bike but soon got bored of riding that (it was a Triumph Sprint ST, he owned another before the red Commando). It's not as nice as his red one was but has a lot more history (the red one was imported from Canada a few years before he bought it) and is a great bike for blasting down the country roads.
