Wonderful stuff Brad. A friend of mine from Cali, who was working in Louisiana for a bit, attended the Vintage weekend at Barber with me. He saw one he fell in love with and waited a week before deciding to drive to N.C. to buy it. He stayed the night with us in both directions and headed back to Louisiana the following morning. It was a beauty. Not a Concours machine, but a rider. He just turned 40. He was a very small child when that bike was built, but has a tremendous appreciation for the Norton.
Like Jack said, "let us know". One of us might just be in the market for another one............forty years later.
Brad - great story and the ending is getting better! Let us all know when it's for sale. Ya never know!
Jack in NY
On 12/6/2010 4:33 PM, Brad DeVries wrote:I had a fun weekend and wanted to share with the ST crew. For the past couple of months, I've been the caretaker of my dearly-departed friend & next-door-neighbor Tom's Norton 850 Commando, which hadn't run since the early 1990s. Tom passed away after a fight with esophageal cancer at the end of September, and I miss him.
Jack Ward
'00 ST4 Ducati (New Street)
'00 ST2 Ducati (Street)
'97 748 Ducati (Race) WSMC #383, AHRMA #283
'92 750ss Ducati (Restoration Project)
'63 H-D Panhead (Old Ratbike)
Now in Woodstock, GA, USA
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