NORTON CAFE RACER/SF FOR SALE

#2 of 3 lmtd. Dommies with 5 miles. That said, askin' ain't gettn'. Your bike is real clean. With the turn of events, she should sell.
 
DOES NO ONE WANT TO BUY THIS BEAUTIFUL BIKE...? 2012 62 BUT ON PRIVATE PLATE CR11ACE. 2040 MILES, ONE OWNER 2 NORTON FACTORY SERVICES... SEE THE PICS/VIDEOS PREVIOUSLY POSTED... £11550 OVNO.

NORTON CAFE RACER/SF FOR SALE
 
It does look great. But maybe potential buyers find this site and others as well as MCN and read about issues with MK1's. Have you had any and if so have they been sorted. It is disappointing that cracking british bikes like this dont keep their price better. What did FE get for his 50th edition 2018 model, wasn't it around £14.5K?

Have the values held up since all the company issues or dropped. Why not keep it Al. Are you due a Superlite, why not cancel that
 
I cancelled the superlight.... i honestly have no problems with this bike- no oil in airbox, no other leaks.... its a bit lumpy below 2000 revs but ticks over perfect and runs strong n great throughout the rest of the rev range.Nothings ever broken. It really is a wonderful bike but i have a few others and need to cut down... i've sold one but have this and a Kawasaki Z900RS for sale and one of em needs to go..... i've looked at 961's for sale elsewhere and my bike seems to be the best value as far as price, condition, mileage, looks and extras go.... i've had numerous time wasters and no one has even been to view the bike ! I really can't understand why it's not sold..it truly is a magnificent bike.
 
961al said:
I cancelled the superlight.... i honestly have no problems with this bike- no oil in airbox, no other leaks.... its a bit lumpy below 2000 revs but ticks over perfect and runs strong n great throughout the rest of the rev range.Nothings ever broken. It really is a wonderful bike but i have a few others and need to cut down... i've sold one but have this and a Kawasaki Z900RS for sale and one of em needs to go..... i've looked at 961's for sale elsewhere and my bike seems to be the best value as far as price, condition, mileage, looks and extras go.... i've had numerous time wasters and no one has even been to view the bike ! I really can't understand why it's not sold..it truly is a magnificent bike.

Hello Al , How do you like the Kawasaki Z900RS ?
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Welshrugby said:
What did FE get for his 50th edition 2018 model, wasn't it around £14.5K?
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I wish!

I got £13k in a px deal. And I think I was lucky, I phoned around the various Norton dealers, as well as Norton themselves... and it’s not that I got lower offers... I got NO offers... I just got told frankly ‘No, we’re not interested’...

But I would have thought that with TVS at the helm now, the market would have improved?
 
The Z900RS is a lovely bike...made much better by adding a full delkevic exhaust system and remap... eliminating a snatchy throttle response and also injecting a bit of character into what is a rather bland 4 cylinder....it is much smoother and faster than the Norton, but the Norton is WAY more exhilarating to ride.
 
961al said:
The Z900RS is a lovely bike...made much better by adding a full delkevic exhaust system and remap... eliminating a snatchy throttle response and also injecting a bit of character into what is a rather bland 4 cylinder....it is much smoother and faster than the Norton, but the Norton is WAY more exhilarating to ride.
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Whats the fuel mileage (mpg) on the Kaw Z900RS ?
 
Whats the fuel mileage (mpg) on the Kaw Z900RS ? ......pretty good, i did a 255m round trip a month back, motorway and A roads and averaged over 50 mpg...and i wasn't hangin about ;)
 
Fast Eddie said:
I wish!

I got £13k in a px deal. And I think I was lucky, I phoned around the various Norton dealers, as well as Norton themselves... and it’s not that I got lower offers... I got NO offers... I just got told frankly ‘No, we’re not interested’...

But I would have thought that with TVS at the helm now, the market would have improved?
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I had the same response when I was looking around for another bike, I was offering either the XR or my CR as potential px as one of them would have to go. The dealers were just not interested in the Norton one iota but fortunately the XR sold privately almost immediately so the 961 was saved.... whether the Norton resale market improves in time i'm not sure, it has very bad press.
 
MxMartin said:
I had the same response when I was looking around for another bike, I was offering either the XR or my CR as potential px as one of them would have to go. The dealers were just not interested in the Norton one iota but fortunately the XR sold privately almost immediately so the 961 was saved.... whether the Norton resale market improves in time i'm not sure, it has very bad press.
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Norton Beaten to a pulp to say the least , and mostly self-inflicted . I hope they can recover , at least for the spare parts business . I just bought a a Z900RS and traded in my 2004 Triumph Thruxton for it. The Z900RS won over the Yamaha XSR900 because of seat comfort/ergos/range. It has a very good aftermaket parts supply and looks more like a classic. I plan to ride this thing after all.

This is it : And as 961Al said plenty fast ...

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TonyA said:
Norton Beaten to a pulp to say the least , and mostly self-inflicted . I hope they can recover , at least for the spare parts business . I just bought a a Z900RS and traded in my 2004 Triumph Thruxton for it. The Z900RS won over the Yamaha XSR900 because of seat comfort/ergos/range. It has a very good aftermaket parts supply and looks more like a classic. I plan to ride this thing after all.
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I also considered the Z900RS. It's got some nice classic aesthetic features, and big 4 reliability, parts support above all.
But I do prefer the SpeedTwin's appearance, so may trade my Hinckley T100 for one.
Dealers here are sucking wind for customers, so hope to get a decent deal.
 
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Either way , Kaw, Yam or Triumph , your going to have a lot more bike than the T100 . Buying the Triumph is just like buying a Japanese bike , in my view . My two triumph dealers went out of business in my area . But the uniqueness and riding experience of the Norton 961 is incomparable , and in my view worth the price of entry. The Harley XR stays , Norton 961 stays probably forever until I can no longer service it because of parts etc.
 
this is mine,,over £2k spent on it..and a great reg RS18ZED ... 1500M ,,, £8500 FIRM if anyone's interested :)
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I sold my 2016 mk2 for 11k after only a couple of months as although it didn’t actually break down it always felt fragile. I miss it’s looks but know I couldn’t live with knowing the faults it probably had waiting for me. My son has a Laverda 668 formula which also have engines which grenade but his is a 3k bike not 13k. I now have a moto guzzi v11 scura which has a similar feel (ok not as special) but i am confident it won’t go bang, I still look at 961’s on eBay but to be honest I am not sure how cheap one would need to be before I would accept the risks. I had discounted mk1’s before I got mine as I thought the mk2 were better!
 
The Z900RS is a cracking retro style bike (Tony / Al)! I did contemplate getting one at the time I bought the Indian but I had already gone down the Kwacka retro route decades earlier when they brought the Zephyr out.
 
Those Z9 replicas do looks sweet. But for me, I just cannot get at all excited about riding a sewing machine of a UJM !

I need something with more engineering deficiencies inbuilt (ie character) but NOT enough character to actually cause mechanical failures (maybe Norton took the ’character’ thing a tad too far in this direction)!?
 

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