If I had given a deposit on a new Norton and was made to wait far far past a promised delivery time then I would be pissed and bad mouthing them.
Norton blew it by overmarketing in the beginning, we all know that and they do to.
Does that mean they are a piece of sh!t company or does it mean they screwed up?
Looking forward, they are building and delivering bikes, the reviews are quite generally positive and clearly their prices is not an issue because they can't build em fast enough to satisfy demand.
They can't be in financial trouble as many seem to guess because they just committed a boat load of money to the new facility, and they are building the bikes in England, not in Asia as Triumph.
I don't get the grousing and sense of hoping they "fail", unless one is waiting on a deposit back or a long promised bike.
I am 62 and I afford a new Norton, I want one bad as soon as available here in the USA, and I do not give a damn if it is not up to Japanese performance, it has the great Norton name and enough parts of it look like my Commando, it is a naked roadster like mine, and that is good enough for me.
So quityerbellyachin