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I had always assumed that the Donington estate had been leased from one of the defunct airline companies.
I remember SG saying early Nov 2017 that he would build an anniversary model, a month later Norton accepted my deposit and gave me a build number. I was in the area a week later so Clem took me into the build shop, showed me my bike, I dribbled a bit and took some photo's, had a nice chat with the techies that were building it. Clem said it might be ready before Xmas as long as the anticipated front mudguards arrived from the suppliers. Mid-Jan 2018 I got a call from Olivia saying bike was ready, I paid in full, delivery van driver gave me a date and bike duly arrived on my doorstep. I'm not sure at what point parts were taken off my bike to satisfy other customers, or when promises were made but not kept, or when pressure was put on for me to pay up front..... but they had 10 weeks to do this so I guess that was ample time for all sorts of shenanigans if I believe half what some of you are writing
I remember SG saying early Nov 2017 that he would build an anniversary model, a month later Norton accepted my deposit and gave me a build number. I was in the area a week later so Clem took me into the build shop, showed me my bike, I dribbled a bit and took some photo's, had a nice chat with the techies that were building it. Clem said it might be ready before Xmas as long as the anticipated front mudguards arrived from the suppliers. Mid-Jan 2018 I got a call from Olivia saying bike was ready, I paid in full, delivery van driver gave me a date and bike duly arrived on my doorstep. I'm not sure at what point parts were taken off my bike to satisfy other customers, or when promises were made but not kept, or when pressure was put on for me to pay up front..... but they had 10 weeks to do this so I guess that was ample time for all sorts of shenanigans if I believe half what some of you are writing