At a time they seem more concentrated on selling 961's to the Indian's and the Asian market than producing 650's. trying to spin all the plates at once is not working, why can't they see that. Why sell 200 V4's when they could have concentrated on the bread and butter 650's that are in demand and sold 10 x the amount of numbers than the V4, sadly I see you 650 customers at a bottom of a pile after the 200 V4's and the 4000 kits he has to supply to India. If they concentrated on one thing at a time and did it well, producing a product that is reliable then there would not be so much negativity and more customers and potential customers would be more tolerant, sadly that is not the case.
Hardly any announcements here, owners kept in the dark, but it seems the Indian press is awash with announcements. Looks like the rest of the world market is second best in Norton's eye's. With Mr Garner and Mr Skinner taken director positions in an Indian company - no secret it is on the web, if that is not split loyalty, I don't what is. Make your own minds up
As per Jan Nelders post above, AN have taken the key to a 15,000 square foot unit on Sept 1st, stripped out the offices, re-arranged the reception, racked out, completed the electrics and packing benches, installed the IT and move in next week. Why is the big green building still waiting. Suggests to me they don't know what they want to do with it yet, assembly, make up kits, or just storage, so I doubt they have any firm date for the 650 deliveries to start. Despite all these posts, there has not been an update on the 650's, assembly start week, delivery week etc. nothing. Do they have a plan covering the next 24 months regarding the 650's obviously not.
I would very much like to see new Nortons that are the number one choice for bike buying customers to consider buying, but even with my rose tinted specs, I can't see that.
So no, not negative, just being realistic.
