Registration No: G672 PRC
Frame No: 4189
MOT: None

• 1990 Norton Commander project
• Ideal winter project
• All correct numbers machine
• Current V5C on file

The rotary-engined Norton Commander stands as a rare machine in the motorcycle world, with only around 300 units ever produced before the final curtain fell on Norton’s production line due to the Midland Bank shutting down production. With adequate funding, this twin-rotor Wankel-powered machine could have become a benchmark touring motorcycle of its era. Felix Wankel’s ingenious rotary engine design featured a triangular rotor—a marvel of simplicity with remarkably few moving parts. Its high-revving capabilities and near-vibration-free operation made it an engineering marvel. Norton’s version of the rotary engine employed twin rotors, each fed by constant-vacuum SU carburettors. These carburettors drew in the intake charge through a plenum chamber, which served a dual purpose: cooling the engine and optimising performance. The intake charge first flowed through the finned centre of the rotors, ensuring efficient cooling before igniting the power.

This Norton Commander was purchased to restore at some point, but due to too many commitments and other projects, the current vendor has not got around to starting it and has decided it's time to let a new person take it on. Most parts for the restoration are available from suppliers. With the help of Andover Norton in Hampshire, this Commander could be placed back on the road. Sold with some parts (as pictured) and a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217