who upgraded their models each year and in later years included a 'model year' code on their machines,Ĭonfusion often arises with the Commando because 'mark' changes didn't always occur at a particular time of the calendar The second table usedĪlso, some of it comes from Steve Willson's book Norton Motorcycles from 1950 to 1986, and quite a bit of it

Some of this info comes from Peter Henshaw's book The Norton Commando Bible, but it is not included in theįirst table because there are several apparent errors in his book related to the first table. Some phones couldn't handle the length of this page. That has been moved to its own page since There was fifth table that listed the results of an ongoing survey.The fourth table provides carb information.

To give dates for the various models based on many things - the apparent conflicts are unavoidable - each row should be consideredĪlone! The table came from the Access Norton forum and the majority of that appears to have come from Roy Bacon'sīook Norton Commando All Models, 1995 edition ISBN 185648310X.

The second table has more details related to the first.

Note that he lists very specific starting serial numbers that often do not match what others have Norton Commando book that is available fromĪndover Norton. Serial numbers and the two right-hand columns list the approximate 750 Commando engine build dates as listed in Mick Duckworth's

The first table has the general starting.

To add any missing models and the colors available for the various models/years. If you see something wrong or have more to add, please write me! I would like Most of it comes from various public records and has been checked by some members of the Access Norton forum. This page is an attempt to identify the Norton Commando models and major changes.

Villiers engine serial numbers