Norton Commando
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Oct 5, 2026
Al FaganHOST
Yeah.
Michael NeevesGUEST
And that wasn't very good.
Michael NeevesGUEST
And then the Norton Commandos.
Michael NeevesGUEST
I've ridden a couple of those.
Al FaganHOST
Yeah.
Mark HoyerHOST
And then that's what Kevin's talking about, where you get like [lips smack] a standard Velocette timing would be 38 degrees before top dead center, uh, for maximum ignition lead.
Mark HoyerHOST
And, uh, when you get to the, the export twin, which resulted eventually in the Norton Commando-
Kevin CameronHOST
Oh, this is good.
Kevin CameronHOST
Big fun
Mark LongHOST
Then he walked into Associated Motorcycles looking for a job and walked out as a test rider, before he eventually made his way to the factory competition department.
Mark LongHOST
A chance friendship with legendary racer and stuntman Bud Eakins eventually brought Brian to California, where he just so happened to help introduce the legendary Norton Commando to the U.S. market.
Mark LongHOST
Fast forward a few decades, and Brian played a huge part in the groundbreaking Art of the Motorcycle exhibition at the Guggenheim.
Brian SlarkGUEST
He's also
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Brian SlarkGUEST
Yeah.
Mark LongHOST
So I wanted to ask you, um, obviously I can understand maybe how at the time it, it didn't, and maybe, and maybe it did.
Mark LongHOST
And, but maybe you didn't think it didn't occur to anybody that, uh, the Norton commando was going to be such a, uh, an impactful, um, kind of landmark motorcycle in the motorcycle world.
Mark LongHOST
I mean, we have a mutual acquaintance, Peter Egan, who, I mean, launched his whole career on an adventure with a Norton Commando.