Simply The Best: NYC Norton’s Commando S-type racer

If there’s anything we love more than a classic racebike, it’s one with a good story behind it. And this gleaming Commando ‘S’ Roadster from NYC Norton comes with a very unusual history indeed. NYC Norton is run by the affable and knowledgeable Kenny Cummings. He knows his way around a racetrack as well as old Brit iron, and he’s pretty much seen it all. But the manner in which this S-type arrived in his shop still caused his eyebrows to lift a notch. “We often get enquiries from folks with old Nortons who don’t know what to do with...