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1971-1975 Norton Commando Hi-Rider 750/850

If the FX was a happy merger of two distinct motorcycle styles, what inspired the Hi-Rider’s aesthetic? A bicycle? Four years before the Hi-Rider appeared in 1971, Britain’s Raleigh bicycle company launched the Chopper, a clear adaptation of custom motorcycle styling in a

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