2-cyl. 745cc/58hp

When it debuted in 1968, the 750 cc Commando was Norton’s swansong. It was the last of the company’s big twins that dated back to the 500 cc Dominator of 1949, and its ingenious “isolastic” rubber blocks separated the rider from the potential discomforts of the vibration-prone engine, gearbox. 

It was a looker, but the Commando also very much delivered in the performance department. The OHV parallel twin made 58 bhp at 6,800 rpm and could prople the 418-lb bike to a top speed of 117 mph. Handling was quite good thanks to the featherbed frame and Motor Cycle News readers voted it bike of the year five years straight from 1968-72.