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Unless it's a new Goldstar. Those nutty bastards are taking delivery and riding like crazy, big smiles at 1 c!!
They don't seem to understand that the bikes aren't proper dbd34s so they shouldn't be having proper fun.
They also haven't figured out that anything under 10c and dry is not great riding weather.
Have to admire the enthusiasm though. And these are mostly older guys, 50 +

Glen
 
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Even if it’s -20F here in Michigan, I still posted pics and info on the 2 new Ducatis I just bought last month.

Snow or no snow, people like to talk, display and share their purchases. Especially online.
 
I spoke with a guy a month ago he was in hospital at the same time as me he'd had just had a hip replacement
He'd ordered a new 961 and they'd told him delivery would be in April
He was 67 and he'd been out of bikes for sometime
He said he'd ordered it as a goal for recovery
Hopefully it goes well for him
 
Gojuu said:
@Stephen_Spencer Maaaaate, you’ve doubled down and started to conjecture about conjecture?!? Brilliant :D
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And you’ve just contributed to conjecture (read conversation) Gj, with a statement of the bleedin‘ obvious🤣! We‘re in an information vacuum therefore, by definition, this is all conjecture - delineated mainly by whether your view of the outlook is generally optimistic or pessimistic. The reality is probably somewhere in the middle.

Don’t see my conjecture on conjecture - just an exchange of opinion and perspective but hey, this is a conversation! 👍
 
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it’s not black and white, it’s black: every bike at the factory in January was Black. ( following Ford for luck??) They were assembling new engines then, but no word of how many a week, and there was a production line in operation, again, no idea how many per week. Plenty of V4 frames in racks too.
 
Dear All,
I've not posted for a while, just followed procedings, as some of you may remember, I was the unfortunate one that had my 961 Sport stolen over the weekend of the Queens funeral from my workplace.
They still haven't found the scumbags that did it, but I have been paid out a fair price by the insurers, so have been in the market for a replacement.
No joy finding a 961 Street or the exact spec that I wanted in the used market, so I got in contact with the factory about a new one.
Jack in the sales team was very helpful although couldn't give me too many details, as he didn't want to promise anything that he couldn't fulfil. A bit of to-and-fro while I weighed up my options, and in the end I was almost ready to order, but asked if I could visit the factory, just to be sure. Jack arranged this gladly.
Kevin, his colleague, met me and spent well over an hour showing my around the factory and explained the whole process and what they were up to. The focus was really on the quality control and testing, which, quite frankly, was amazing. There are lots of computer controlled systems in place throughout, but fundamentaly they are still hand built. It really is an extremely impressive set up. ( I can rant about this in more detail, but if you ever get the chance, well worth the trip. I did the same at Donnington, but this really is something else.)
That sealed the deal and so I placed an order; 961 SP in black, black rims, plus the carbon pack.
Payment and paperwork all sorted easy enough, delivery date arranged.
Neil arrived earlier this weeek with the bike, pleasant and comprehensive handover, a couple of niggles, flyscreen not in stock, but all to be sorted at the first service.
I'm a very pleased bunny.
Fist impressions; very minor but well thought out/engineered changes in details, sounds almost as loud as my de-catted shorty pipe last one, gearbox a lot smoother, no union jack logo, stupid front indicator extensions.
To do; get rid of the ugly reflectors, sort front indicators, old private (small black) number plate, bar end mirrors, careful run in, union jack sticker, then hopefully back to thorouhghly enjoying a brilliant bike.
So, the point is, they are delivering and doing bloody well in my opinion. (There was another bike being delivered to Surrey on the van, and Kevin hinted that they have sold well over a 100 for the new reg.)
I think the future for them will definately involve the dreaded electric fun-spoilers, but for now, lets just appreciate the 961 still being around.
Pic attached of the bike and her 'sisters'.
 

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RVR961 said:
Dear All,
I've not posted for a while, just followed procedings, as some of you may remember, I was the unfortunate one that had my 961 Sport stolen over the weekend of the Queens funeral from my workplace.
They still haven't found the scumbags that did it, but I have been paid out a fair price by the insurers, so have been in the market for a replacement.
No joy finding a 961 Street or the exact spec that I wanted in the used market, so I got in contact with the factory about a new one.
Jack in the sales team was very helpful although couldn't give me too many details, as he didn't want to promise anything that he couldn't fulfil. A bit of to-and-fro while I weighed up my options, and in the end I was almost ready to order, but asked if I could visit the factory, just to be sure. Jack arranged this gladly.
Kevin, his colleague, met me and spent well over an hour showing my around the factory and explained the whole process and what they were up to. The focus was really on the quality control and testing, which, quite frankly, was amazing. There are lots of computer controlled systems in place throughout, but fundamentaly they are still hand built. It really is an extremely impressive set up. ( I can rant about this in more detail, but if you ever get the chance, well worth the trip. I did the same at Donnington, but this really is something else.)
That sealed the deal and so I placed an order; 961 SP in black, black rims, plus the carbon pack.
Payment and paperwork all sorted easy enough, delivery date arranged.
Neil arrived earlier this weeek with the bike, pleasant and comprehensive handover, a couple of niggles, flyscreen not in stock, but all to be sorted at the first service.
I'm a very pleased bunny.
Fist impressions; very minor but well thought out/engineered changes in details, sounds almost as loud as my de-catted shorty pipe last one, gearbox a lot smoother, no union jack logo, stupid front indicator extensions.
To do; get rid of the ugly reflectors, sort front indicators, old private (small black) number plate, bar end mirrors, careful run in, union jack sticker, then hopefully back to thorouhghly enjoying a brilliant bike.
So, the point is, they are delivering and doing bloody well in my opinion. (There was another bike being delivered to Surrey on the van, and Kevin hinted that they have sold well over a 100 for the new reg.)
I think the future for them will definately involve the dreaded electric fun-spoilers, but for now, lets just appreciate the 961 still being around.
Pic attached of the bike and her 'sisters'.
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That is great to hear !

First I’ve heard of things like a carbon pack being offered too.

You do like your personalised plates don’t you !?
 
RVR961 said:
Dear All,
I've not posted for a while, just followed procedings, as some of you may remember, I was the unfortunate one that had my 961 Sport stolen over the weekend of the Queens funeral from my workplace.
They still haven't found the scumbags that did it, but I have been paid out a fair price by the insurers, so have been in the market for a replacement.
No joy finding a 961 Street or the exact spec that I wanted in the used market, so I got in contact with the factory about a new one.
Jack in the sales team was very helpful although couldn't give me too many details, as he didn't want to promise anything that he couldn't fulfil. A bit of to-and-fro while I weighed up my options, and in the end I was almost ready to order, but asked if I could visit the factory, just to be sure. Jack arranged this gladly.
Kevin, his colleague, met me and spent well over an hour showing my around the factory and explained the whole process and what they were up to. The focus was really on the quality control and testing, which, quite frankly, was amazing. There are lots of computer controlled systems in place throughout, but fundamentaly they are still hand built. It really is an extremely impressive set up. ( I can rant about this in more detail, but if you ever get the chance, well worth the trip. I did the same at Donnington, but this really is something else.)
That sealed the deal and so I placed an order; 961 SP in black, black rims, plus the carbon pack.
Payment and paperwork all sorted easy enough, delivery date arranged.
Neil arrived earlier this weeek with the bike, pleasant and comprehensive handover, a couple of niggles, flyscreen not in stock, but all to be sorted at the first service.
I'm a very pleased bunny.
Fist impressions; very minor but well thought out/engineered changes in details, sounds almost as loud as my de-catted shorty pipe last one, gearbox a lot smoother, no union jack logo, stupid front indicator extensions.
To do; get rid of the ugly reflectors, sort front indicators, old private (small black) number plate, bar end mirrors, careful run in, union jack sticker, then hopefully back to thorouhghly enjoying a brilliant bike.
So, the point is, they are delivering and doing bloody well in my opinion. (There was another bike being delivered to Surrey on the van, and Kevin hinted that they have sold well over a 100 for the new reg.)
I think the future for them will definately involve the dreaded electric fun-spoilers, but for now, lets just appreciate the 961 still being around.
Pic attached of the bike and her 'sisters'.
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What was the sale price?
 
This is public information over here , as I can see it only goes to September 30th last year , the 961 classic is the “last 40 made” the new 961 is called the sp , so out 14 out of the last 40 ( alleged 40) hit the road by end of quarter 3 last year & 5 of those were SORN ( statutory off road notice ) & by then also there is just 3 sp , hopefully we should be able to see some updates on this info soon with quarter 4 & figures for this year , so going by these figures it’s no wonder we ain’t seen a new owner on here
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BLIGHTYBRIT/SF said:
This is public information over here , as I can see it only goes to September 30th last year , the 961 classic is the “last 40 made” the new 961 is called the sp , so out 14 out of the last 40 ( alleged 40) hit the road by end of quarter 3 last year & 5 of those were SORN ( statutory off road notice ) & by then also there is just 3 sp , hopefully we should be able to see some updates on this info soon with quarter 4 & figures for this year , so going by these figures it’s no wonder we ain’t seen a new owner on here View attachment 104808View attachment 104809View attachment 104810
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Thats great. Actual numbers!
 
RVR961 said:
Dear All,
I've not posted for a while, just followed procedings, as some of you may remember, I was the unfortunate one that had my 961 Sport stolen over the weekend of the Queens funeral from my workplace.
They still haven't found the scumbags that did it, but I have been paid out a fair price by the insurers, so have been in the market for a replacement.
No joy finding a 961 Street or the exact spec that I wanted in the used market, so I got in contact with the factory about a new one.
Jack in the sales team was very helpful although couldn't give me too many details, as he didn't want to promise anything that he couldn't fulfil. A bit of to-and-fro while I weighed up my options, and in the end I was almost ready to order, but asked if I could visit the factory, just to be sure. Jack arranged this gladly.
Kevin, his colleague, met me and spent well over an hour showing my around the factory and explained the whole process and what they were up to. The focus was really on the quality control and testing, which, quite frankly, was amazing. There are lots of computer controlled systems in place throughout, but fundamentaly they are still hand built. It really is an extremely impressive set up. ( I can rant about this in more detail, but if you ever get the chance, well worth the trip. I did the same at Donnington, but this really is something else.)
That sealed the deal and so I placed an order; 961 SP in black, black rims, plus the carbon pack.
Payment and paperwork all sorted easy enough, delivery date arranged.
Neil arrived earlier this weeek with the bike, pleasant and comprehensive handover, a couple of niggles, flyscreen not in stock, but all to be sorted at the first service.
I'm a very pleased bunny.
Fist impressions; very minor but well thought out/engineered changes in details, sounds almost as loud as my de-catted shorty pipe last one, gearbox a lot smoother, no union jack logo, stupid front indicator extensions.
To do; get rid of the ugly reflectors, sort front indicators, old private (small black) number plate, bar end mirrors, careful run in, union jack sticker, then hopefully back to thorouhghly enjoying a brilliant bike.
So, the point is, they are delivering and doing bloody well in my opinion. (There was another bike being delivered to Surrey on the van, and Kevin hinted that they have sold well over a 100 for the new reg.)
I think the future for them will definately involve the dreaded electric fun-spoilers, but for now, lets just appreciate the 961 still being around.
Pic attached of the bike and her 'sisters'.
Click to expand...
Great news and congrats on the smokin‘ new SP.

A good news Birmingham Norton story - long may they continue.
 


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