1968 Norton Commando Road Test / Specs - is this the instant classic?

Out of the crate, the first Norton Commando in America reeled off a series of low 13-sec. blasts up the quarter-mile, with terminal speeds close to, and occasionally touching 100 mph. Later a man who previously never had competed in a road race entered the same 745cc Commando in a race meeting, won his heat of the production event, placed 2nd in the Grand Prix heat, then won the Grand Prix main. He also set fast lap time of the day, beating times recorded by all the grand prix machinery, and was leading the production final when a loose spark plug blew out. What does this make the Commando? Is is a racer with a wild cam, and a rumpity-rump idle that hates delays at traffic lights? No! The Commando is simply a sports roadster that offers a sensational blend of shattering performance, well mannered tractability, racebred handling, and fierce, sure stopping power...

1968 Norton Commando Road Test 6-Page Article available at www.DadsVintageAds.com