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Having grown up in the 60's and 70's Nortons
were the hot bikes. Japan had just started to dump their products into the United States,
but the British bikes ruled at that time. I saw my first Norton in magazines and books.
Never saw one in person. Loved the lines and everything I read basically stated that these
were the bikes that everything else was judged by. But unfortunately they were out of my
price range and I bought a 1969 Yamaha YA-6 125cc as my first bike. My
last one was a 1979 Yamaha RD400 Daytona Special, which I crashed, thus ending
my motorcycling hobby. My wife, Cathy, told me that I could not buy another motorcycle.
Well set the time machine to the early 90s. Cathy and I went to Virginia City, NV. We were in Reno and decided to take a side trip. After a day of exploring Virginia City, we headed on back for some more gambling. Well on the road back a large group of Nortons cruised on by, of course some faster than others. As each one passed by I almost broke my neck trying to have a good look. So I told her what the bikes were and explained that this was always a dream bike for me. I cannot write her comments back to me. I wonder now if those Nortons were part of the NCNOC (Northern California Norton Owner's Club)? |
