Sometimes dreams are expensive. Well, usually they are. Whether your particular dream has two legs and the right parts to go with them, a hull and an outboard motor, four wheels and fuel injection, or two wheels and carbs… dreams will cost you.
Motorcycles are my lifelong passion, well at least since age 8, and following a 30-year career in the US Navy, they seem to multiply like rabbits in my shop. I have built or repaired dozens and currently have around 30, of 13 different makes. Since the 1960s and my exposure to the Norton girls, I lusted after a Commando (and of course a Norton girl), finally purchasing a 1974 model about ten years ago.
As I planned to keep the bike forever, I lavished many dollars on…
