JimC said:Just to keep the record straight, it was not me who posted, "let's keep some perspective on this because, as far as I'm aware, it's only US red tape that's holding up the deliveries to the US and Canada." I have a foreboding feeling that Norton is severely undercapitalized and are not able to meet their commitments. I formed this opinion after googling various websites. To say that it is red tape holding up deliveries to the U.S. and Canada seems a bit skeptical, to say the least. I saw nothing in my searches that would substantiate that dictum. Google the phrase, "Norton motorcycle fails to deliver" and see if you still think that red tape is the problem. Granted, some of the information is not current, but I've not found anything that would indicate different.
Certainly, U.S. red tape would not affect deliveries to Canada.
5 minutes into this video Peter Howes discusses the Canada/US testing and that several countries requirements are being grouped together for the majority of the tests. The video was shot almost 2 years ago at the Lumby Norton Rally July, 2010.