WHAT'S THIS THEN......

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A QUOTE OFF THE NORTON FACEBOOK PAGE....... '' Mark your calendars. The unveiling of something very special is set for November 15th. ''
 
961al said:
A QUOTE OFF THE NORTON FACEBOOK PAGE....... '' Mark your calendars. The unveiling of something very special is set for November 15th. ''
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The two bikes in the video look suspiciously like the two bikes they already offer!
 
Looks like a cafe racer twin in one image and a re-dressed V4 in the other! Difficult to tell of course.

Second look - it appears to be the 961 CR, V4SV, and V4CR - re-dressed for the 125 year anniversary as suggested.

Filling that gap until the new models are ready for the market I suppose.

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WHAT'S THIS THEN......
 
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961al said:
they just look like silhouettes of the bikes already available ?
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Yep, appears so Al. Not unusual of course, it was done multiple times in the Donington days and by many other marques.

The question I suppose is whether it is just colour scheme or have they added any upgrades/additions/embellishments of any sort. My guess is not, as the V4‘s are limited editions as they stand (200 of each).

At least it’ll be interesting to see - in an ‘any activity is better than no activity’ sort of way!
 
City Garage said:
and that godawful ken sean mirror sticks out so bad.
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Literally the first thing I saw in the profile!🤣

What traditional/historical Norton colours can they use which will differentiate from current offerings though. Manx silver and black/gold are out it would seem.

Reds, greens - burnt orange:oops:! Guess we’ll find out in a few days!

WHAT'S THIS THEN......
 
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they are doing the V4 in limited, 125 year edition, as mentioned in the Cathcart interview. No other launches were mentioned there.
 
jan nelder said:
they are doing the V4 in limited, 125 year edition, as mentioned in the Cathcart interview. No other launches were mentioned there.
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Yep, that seems pretty clear Jan - FE was just having a wet dream set off by the V4 silhouette! Sorta similar of course.
 
Even today, the Superlight as a concept and a product would outshine and out-clout everything new on sale today, for sure in its displacement class. I am embarassed to say that I was not aware of it until recently (thanks, FE). After all, the first Norton I saw in person was the 961 I bought this year.
As a clean slate, Norton could and should be made the Koenigsegg of the biking world. That outfit in Sweden is at the forefront of technological development today, and it happened quietly without public knowledge over the past decade.
Norton is uniquely the only such brand in the biking world now with the initial benefit of free market movement, enough potential push behind it and all the history to bank on to make something like this possible. Of course, any of the large brands could technically make the same thing happen almost overnight, but the corporate syndrome and lack of leadership, assessed risk/capital markets, etc, simply can´t make it materalise.

The fact that it is not going this way is a crying shame. And no, designer e-bikes don´t count. I don´t see any kind of positive vision in them, regardless of what they have to tell you to the contrary, precisely because they are dictated from up above, rather than from the market, as the world should normally turn.

As for the Ducati, it´s not even funny. The captions in the press first made me jump to the shocking conclusion that they made some kind of new/old 916 superbike! I didn´t even read the article after I realised what happened. And I am considering buying some Ducatis.
 
CR961 said:
Even today, the Superlight as a concept and a product would outshine and out-clout everything new on sale today, for sure in its displacement class. I am embarassed to say that I was not aware of it until recently (thanks, FE). After all, the first Norton I saw in person was the 961 I bought this year.
As a clean slate, Norton could and should be made the Koenigsegg of the biking world. That outfit in Sweden is at the forefront of technological development today, and it happened quietly without public knowledge over the past decade.
Norton is uniquely the only such brand in the biking world now with the initial benefit of free market movement, enough potential push behind it and all the history to bank on to make something like this possible. Of course, any of the large brands could technically make the same thing happen almost overnight, but the corporate syndrome and lack of leadership, assessed risk/capital markets, etc, simply can´t make it materalise.

The fact that it is not going this way is a crying shame. And no, designer e-bikes don´t count. I don´t see any kind of positive vision in them, regardless of what they have to tell you to the contrary, precisely because they are dictated from up above, rather than from the market, as the world should normally turn.

As for the Ducati, it´s not even funny. The captions in the press first made me jump to the shocking conclusion that they made some kind of new/old 916 superbike! I didn´t even read the article after I realised what happened. And I am considering buying some Ducatis.
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I thought the Superlight was a fabulous concept. It’s high end, dripping in carbon and Ohlins and etc. But is NOT chasing BHP and MPH figures that are meaningless to 99.9% of riders 99.9% of the time.

It’s lightweight, would have outstanding handling and ‘enough’ power without being overpowering.

As such it would be a ‘riders’ bike, a bike whereby one could focus on getting the most out of both it, and one’s own riding.

It was also half the price of the V4SV.
 
Fast Eddie said:
I thought the Superlight was a fabulous concept. It’s high end, dripping in carbon and Ohlins and etc. But is NOT chasing BHP and MPH figures that are meaningless to 99.9% of riders 99.9% of the time.

It’s lightweight, would have outstanding handling and ‘enough’ power without being overpowering.

As such it would be a ‘riders’ bike, a bike whereby one could focus on getting the most out of both it, and one’s own riding.

It was also half the price of the V4SV.
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The same old truths will always apply.
Add lightness.
 
It wasn't very light....it was a very heavy girl for its size. And very underpowered. Hicky obviously saw its potential though as he invested a lot of his own money into one in preparation for last year's TT....to be told it wasn't allowed to race.
 
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