1972 Commando Roadster/Interstate

Is your bike a 1972 model or a late-'72 production 1973 Model Year ?

Trim-wise, the only thing that you haven't mentioned is the side panels and if you have a grab rail, they differ along with the seat (They were catalogued from '73 but would have appeared at the end of '72) However, there were some other options that were normally supplied.

There have been suggestions that the all the early '72 Interstates had 'Combat' motors with the black barrels together with a front disc. Both of these were options on a Roadster but contemporary press reports don't seem to have shown any drum-braked Interstates.

Dealers were quite prone to swapping parts around if a customer wanted a particular model or colour, especially if a stock item was proving to be slow-moving.

Roadsters often had the higher handlebars and Interstates (in Europe at least) the lower bars but the brochure suggests that either could be had as an option.

Hi,

I have a 750 interstate made in sept 72 engine No. 211!!! .

It never camw with a grab rail but I was told Roadsters only had chromed mudguards where as the Interstate came with Stainless mudguards, mine still has the original guards on it.

I have owned the bike from new.

Im attaching a pic when the bike was two weeks old. Its a standard

engine with silver barrels.