1958 Norton Commando

I have a line on a 58 commando. It is in pretty rough shape. missing a head
light and ring. as well as having a bobbed rear fender. Looks like the bike
is reasonably complete though.

It has been stored in a dry barn but not protected in any other way.

My question is how much should I offer for this bike.

I am sure this in speculative and difficult given the sparse info I have
provided... But I don't know where to start in a resonable negotion with the
seller. They have simply said "make an offer."

Thanks...

 

shurely 58 is a typing error.
steve the grease

 

Shows how much I know...

I will try to find out what variant this bike is. She maintains it is a
1958, and says it is a 750. Does that make sense?


----- Original Message -----
From: "R L Driver" <>
Newsgroups: uk.rec.motorcycles.classic
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: 1958 Norton Commando

 

If it has the cylinders canted forward it's a Commando (67 - 75ish). Any 58
Norton will have vertical cylinders..
b

 

Mark McMurry was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

IANASOBBE[1] but somehow '750' and '1958' don't quite go
together. Unless someone's stuck another (later) engine in.

That said, price obviously depends on where you are in the world, plus
the overall condition of the bike. Like, does the engine turn over at
all? How many parts do you really need and can you get them locally?

I'd say, here in the UK it'll probably be worth a few hundred max,
mainly because you'll be looking at spending a rather large wad of
your hard earned on getting it back into reasonable shape.

Oh, and could you please post your replies at the bottom of the
message, as is the norm in this ng? Thanks.

[1] I Am Not A ShiteOldBritBike Expert

 

The Norton owners club http://www.noc.co.uk/ has a records page that gives
the number range by year so the frame number should let you identify the
year. I'm not sure if Norton used matching engine and frame numbers. There's
also info on the various models.
Try a google image search on +norton+dominator and see if you recognise what
comes up.

I agree with Timo that you shouldn't underestimate the costs of renovation
which could easily amount to a 4 figure sum, depending on what's missing /
worn out / rusted up / you need to pay to get done. I would be offering low
hundreds. Dommies are advertised up to a couple or 3 grand but who knows how
much money actually changes hands. I recently exchanged about 60% of a model
50 for a few bottles of good wine btw.

Cheers
Graham

 

when did the Atlas start?

 

Rarely.

 

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Austin Shackles was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

No Google on this box. Hmm. Might have been around that time but I
always thought the 750s came in a bit later.

 

Thanks for your help on this. I'm gonna look at it again armed with this
info.

 

In 1477, when a clever Italian chap called Taddeo Crivelli put loads of maps
together in the shape of a book.

 

Mark McMurry was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Suggestion - if you've got a digital camera or can borrow one, why not
take a few pictures, dump them in some web space and post the URL?

The Brit Bike people here might be able to help out ID'ing it and/or
we can at least offer some advice if we think it'll be a worthwhile
project.

 

<snigger>

 

Really?
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