Following the Norton Motorcycles saga over the past few years has been a wild ride—and sadly, one that involved fewer motorcycles than most people would probably have liked. That’s changing as of October 11, 2022, though. Back in June of this year, the company announced that the long-promised Commando 961 was on its way—and now, at long last, it’s finally here.
Style-wise, it does look quite a bit like you’d expect of a Norton Commando in 2022, and it comes in two variants: Sport, and Café Racer. It’s powered by a 961cc air and oil-cooled, pushrod parallel twin engine, which makes a claimed 76.8 brake horsepower at 7,250 rpm, alongside 81 newton-meters (59.7 pound-feet) of torque at 6,300 rpm. It’s mated to a five-speed gearbox with a wet clutch.
