11 New Norton's found in Belgium

FJRBluesman · Nov 10, 2010

I did a search on this and did not find anything.

Very cool discovery, back in April of 2010.

11 Brand new 1975 Norton Commandos still in crates found in Belgium.

I guess it's true, CycleWorld and Motorcyclenews have similar articles.

SacramentoMike · Nov 10, 2010

Wow! But your link didn't work for me. Here's another one.

BTW, that was back in April. They've already been auctioned off, about $20K each.

Crash Cash · Nov 10, 2010

Wow. That is just awesome. Can you imagine opening a crate and really seeing a "brand new" Norton, and realizing the other 10 crates are the same? I would have needed clean new britches, and the ***SQUEEEEEE*** would probably have been heard 40 miles away.

That's something like $240,000 worth of bikes, too, for just the Nortons.

C&C · Nov 11, 2010

Great for the history of the mark if the right people bought them (or at least of couple of the buyers).

Big Sky · Nov 11, 2010

Under a tarp in a shed in Eastern Montana sits a 1975 Norton Commando 850 with 900 miles on it. It is said to have developed "electrical problems" and was parked and has not moved in 35 years. I've thought of trying to purchase it but the restoration headaches boggle the mind.