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Stephen_Spencer said:
Looks like those Hedon helmets we’ve all seen are due out imminently.

Expensive but certainly classy.

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Hedon don’t even appear on the SHARP safety testing site, so I have suggested to them (Sharp) that they test them.

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cliffa said:
Hedon don’t even appear on the SHARP safety testing site, so I have suggested to them (Sharp) that they test them.

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Don’t need to be by law I don’t believe Cliff, as long as they meet the relevant helmet standard (ECE 22/06/ DOT).

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The Hedon helmets look top quality to me - the way they are made/ finished. Ya get what you pay for I guess. But with a lifespan of 5 years the cost benefit analysis doesn’t really work for me. If you’re paying 40K + for a V4SV though?
 
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Don’t need to be by law I don’t believe Cliff, as long as they meet the relevant helmet standard (ECE 22/06/ DOT).

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The Hedon helmets look top quality to me - the way they are made/ finished. Ya get what you pay for I guess. But with a lifespan of 5 years the cost benefit analysis doesn’t really work for me. If you’re paying 40K + for a V4SV though
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Stephen_Spencer said:
No, there is no legal requirement, but it would be nice to know how they perform in comparison to other brands. My own personal feeling is that they are expensive hipster style accessories.
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Does anybody know why the earlier Donny 961’s had an offset exhaust hanger fitted on the left hand side (no idea whether other 961’s have this). This makes the LH can sit further out than the RH, on my bike. Just the ‘hand built’ nature?

The exhaust is underslung pretty much centrally to the bike, so why the offset? I’m gonna flatten/straighten the left hanger and equalise the mounting distance.

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Stephen_Spencer said:
Does anybody know why the earlier Donny 961’s had an offset exhaust hanger fitted on the left hand side (no idea whether other 961’s have this). This makes the LH can sit further out than the RH, on my bike. Just the ‘hand built’ nature?

The exhaust is underslung pretty much centrally to the bike, so why the offset? I’m gonna flatten/straighten the left hanger and equalise the mounting distance.

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My 2013 has the bendy bracket on the left side but the offset is pretty much the same on both sides. The top of the bracket isn't flush with the frame.

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comet said:
My 2013 has the bendy bracket on the left side but the offset is pretty much the same on both sides. The top of the bracket isn't flush with the frame.

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Yep they are generally all over the place. Still not clear to me why that LH hanger is angled. I can see from my bike that if I straightened it the cans would sit evenly.

Another example - a hand built foible I reckon!

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Posted on FB.

Dude is struggling to sell even at only £7k :oops:

2015, low miles, nice extras. A bargain for someone surely ?

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Notification from Stu on the FB site, ref future availability of an alternate ally oil cooler. Via Motorvated I assume, or associated firm👍. Price TBC.

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Terrible news for CCM, better news for KTM, no news for Norton - beyond another reference to a smaller capacity bike for the local market (@ 18 min).

No real business comparison between CCM and Norton, but the demise of CCM is further proof I suppose that your market needs to be international if you want to survive.

 
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Latest from Motobob.

Terrible news for CCM, better news for KTM, no news for Norton - beyond another reference to a smaller capacity bike for the local market (@ 18 min).

No real business comparison between CCM and Norton, but the demise of CCM is further proof I suppose that your market needs to be international if you want to survive.

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Nearly 6 years and still nothing.
 
TonyA said:
I thought that TVS should have focused on getting the price of the V4SV down to a sane level while making it better. Produce a version without all the polished parts , Showa suspension , wheels etc. Get it down to 25k and they will sell. 45k is a lot of money , too much for me.
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In the nearly 6 years since the purchase of Norton, we haven’t seen anything positive from Norton.
I don’t think even at 25k the V4SV would be enough to reel in buyers to support brand interest.

To date, Norton still has not produced anything of their own, nothing new, nothing fresh, nothing.

The 961 is over 15 years old now, over 5 of those years is under TVS ownership. How many more years do they think they can survive by barely selling just one vintage model?

CCM offered many models, lesser in price, made in England, high quality and top components etc.
I heard they may have a new lifeline. Let’s hope.
 

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