Norton produced a 750cc short stroke commando road bike ! As far as I know of the 200 that were made I only know of one in existence. All the others had the engines removed and replaced with standard 850cc engines. The short stroke was an 850 fitted with a short throw crank, steel connecting rods, domed pistons and a much modified head that had a more severe hemi combustion chamber !

Great footage, what a KICK to be able to do that, thanks so much for sharing. (old timer here, got my first Norton in 1970 when I was released from the Navy)

What did it run in 1/8 , 1/4 ?

Holly shit...

Love this video, great on behalf and footage of the racing Norton 😊

I opened up an abandoned storage space the other day and found 2 Norton 850 commandos. Both had been crashed.. but there are lots of parts. One says Johnny Player special on it.. I hope I can get them back together.

Awesome…!

What horse power does this thing have?

IIRC, there was a triple engine Norton at the bike drag nationals in Bowling Green, Kentucky in the late ‘70s. Sounded and looked awesome. Still got stomped by the Japanese bikes.

I'm interested on what the top end (speed) of your bike is. I had a 1968 P11A that I bought used as a teen ager and was surprised how much faster it was than my friends' motorcycles. I believe the motor was stock although it had Dunstall mufflers installed. If the speedometer read correctly, it was still pulling at 105 mph and that was with a friend on the seat behind me. I grew up in West Vancouver, British Columbia and we would race from there to Squamish at night. If you're familiar with the 'Sea to Sky' highway you know how twisty it was but my Norton with the featherbed frame left everyone else in my dust.

I love Nortons. That's a wild one! 👍

Can remember in early 70`s `Team Pegasus` used 2 Nortons think ran a 8.3 at 170 mph!! Halcyon days...

Be nice to tell more about maybe!?

could it kick start ?

What a crapper

Junk it!

Never really could hear the exhaust note, just a bunch of rattling noise❗👋👳‍♂️👊

Have you got Quaife?

Lion King wildebeest stampede instantly comes to my mind The Hyenas chasing the wildebeest causing them to stampede into the gorge Along with extreme dust cloud

wiring is a bit of a rat's nest😚 exhaust leak too.😗

Can u tell us the details of your motor build😢?

Looks like fun. What were the rules for the motor? Must be original? I saw Ronnie Peterson and Mario Andretti race there in 77 I think and also the 6 wheeled Elf Tyrells.

Total work of art!!! That thing is a symphony!!!

In 1968 my Norton P11A was leaving every other street legal motorcycle in my rear view mirror. Back in high school my school chums and I would rat-race from West Vancouver to Squamish, B.C. , one of the windiest highways in the world back then. I'd be finishing my beer by the time the first of them pulled up.

Nothing is hoter as a MV Agusta

What does it mean by short stroke racing ?

The sound of that motor combined with the wind and a little road noise takes me back to my youth. It was 1970 and I had just bough a 1968 P11A. Several of my friends owned motorcycles and we would rat race from West Vancouver to Squamish, B.C. along the Sea to Sky Highway. It was 50 miles of the twistiest, nastiest, cliff on one side, mountain on the other narrow, dangerous, fun highway built for motorcycles in the world back then. As the Japanese multis became popular some of them could beat me in an out and out drag race but I'd leave them in the dust in the corners with my Norton!

When visiting the museum a couple times around 15 years ago, I imagined ripping around that track on one of my old Nortons, this video will have to suffice... I did get to rip through the Colorado Rockies, back 25 to over 50 years ago when the traffic was MUCH less...Loved the Beemer, too, have an old R90S... What a hell of a way and time to get a leg broken...Thank you for all your effort in filming and sharing, it's a real treat for us "older gentlemen" who "can't".

It was 1971, I was 17 years old and I had just bought a used 1968 Norton P11A Ranger. I kept it completely stock except to add velocity stacks to the carbs, Dunstall pipes, and Avon Roadmaster tires. Man! I was King of the Highway where I lived, situated in the middle of several twisty mountain highways. The first CB750 and H1 were starting to show up and although they gave me a run for the money in the straights I left them in the dust in the corners. The Featherbed frame was a delight to ride with no vices and I soon found out why they put folding foot-pegs on the Norton as I had no problem rubbing them in the corners.

I miss my 1968 Ranger. Badly.

She's beauty

Immer wieder! Der schönste Ton- der Nor- Ton.🥂🦠🎼🚀

I would love to own that bike.

imprecionante

👍

Come in number 2 your times up 😅,

is that the sound pf a 4-4 exhaust on an inline engine?

Wow! Words are poor things indeed to use for this incredible machine.

Great run! Twins Rule! Thank you for sharing this great footage!

Hey Doug thanks for the vid , did this have the 3 bearing crank in it and what other mods did Herb do? .Would love to see what went into this motor(s)

Cool

What would rock my boat is seeing what went into the build for the end result..Doug hope you are doing well since your health issue.

Now that is somethin :) sounds like thunder. Great Job Herb

Lap 6 is genious, Soundgarden music. Lap 10 reminds me on Moto GP. I Love those short stroke NORTONß, could drove a 500. Best regards to Canada?

Boy, what a great job that microphone did. An excellent recording for headphone listening.

Very good driving and Norton gos whell and fast!

Now that's an oh shit moment !!!

Behold, the nards crusher if you hit a bump.

Pow! I gave the 400th thumbs up!! That Norton sounds so good what are Rush

Beautiful soundtrack 🙂