Oh, Norton Motorcycles. For some people, those words alone will do nothing but bring back nightmares, while for others they are a symbol of not just nostalgia, but pure British-built brilliance. And in a lot of senses, that's all in the past, as the era of Norton Motorcycles begins not just with an expanding range of V4s (we can't wait to ride the spicy new supernaked) but of course with the ‘rebirth’ of some iconic machinery, too. Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that this is possible due to the acquisition by TVS in 2020, which in turn has injected the new age of Norton with a shed-load of money, a state-of-the-art facility in Solihull, new staff, and now with this – the latest iteration of the Norton Commando 961.
Before we get started on the bike, we must address the big
