Page 132 - Motoring World (January 2020)

ISSUE SPECIAL

BAWAS AND THEIR BIKES

P
PARSI-OWNED
ARSI-OWNED

But don’t go asking if they’re for sale. Chances are,

you’ll be chased away with colourful language

Text Kartik Ware Photographs Kaizad Adil Darukhanwala
Name: Xereus Zend
Age: 30 years
Profession: Businessman
Bike: 1973 Norton MK2
Commando

end is a consummate
ZCommando fan and rightly
waxes eloquent about his great
motorcycle. He informs us of
how Norton ditched their iconic
Featherbed frame to make this,
the Isolastic frame which was
designed to keep the huge engine’s
vibrations away from the rider. At
first, the Commando came with a
750cc parallel-twin, but in 1973 it
was upgraded to 828cc which they
called the Commando 850. Zend is
also rather proud of the fact that it
is the largest pre-unit construction
engine in the world and it makes
a very healthy 58 bhp! As long as
there are young Parsis like him and
his friends around, we don’t have
anything to worry about.

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