Norton Commando 1968 Restoration of a Classic Motorcycle

The Norton Commando 1968 is the iconic Classic British Motorcycle from the late 1960s produced by Norton Motorcycles in this video I'll be restoring my 1968 Norton Commando which is one of the first 100 made, the restoration took place over a three year period an is still on going new videos coming soon.

Did you know the Norton Commando won Motorcycle News Motorcycle of the year for 5 years running! In this video I'll be riding and diagnosing issues with my Norton Commando that I purchased as a 'fully restored bike' an I'll be getting to grips with learning how to rebuild a Classic British motorcycle engine in the form of the Iconic Norton 750 Commando as shown in the video an amazing experience so far!

Later in time these motorcycles became known as the Norton Commando Fastback model as other models were introduced into the range.

This was quite the huge learning experience having never gone through a full Norton engine rebuild before I show a few mistakes along the way as we all learn in life, I hope you enjoy the video. :)

Ps sorry for the audio this was before I got a gopro to film on.


00:00 Norton Commando 750 ' Fastback ' Restoration introduction

03:00 Norton Commando 1968 Gus Kuhn Race bike inspiration Uncle George

03:15 Norton Commando Onboard footage breakdown and video blog discovering the issues while riding.

05:08 Norton Commando Startup

05:49 Norton Commando Onboard further issues

09:50 Norton Commando Kickstarting and setting carbs

11:21 Ordering a few Norton Spares and Parts

15:48 Norton Commando fault diagnosis Smoking on startup blown headgasket and damaged valve guides causing engine strip down

17:34 Norton Commando we have a problem! Showing the damaged valve guides.

18:28 Norton Commando The Pan

18:55 Norton Commando Cylinder head removal

20:29 Inspection of pattern pistons Norton Commando Cylinder head inspection

22:07 Norton Commando Crankshaft stripdown

29:45 Norton Commando Engine Rebuild Starts

31:15 Norman White Norton Commando Restoration Manual the best Norton restoration book

32:24 Norton Commando 1968 fixed and updated frame by Norman White the legend (must do mod)

35:58 Norton Commando Engine Rebuild don't forget this!!

37:34 Discussing the Indian made 1968 Fastback tank.


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