Norton V4 program

bwolfie · Jul 28, 2015

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/ne ... bfDJuKUzRb

Rohan · Jul 28, 2015

Should be in the other Nortons or 961 areas ?

In other news - shaken not stirred.

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/ne ... bgIACzar1s

Twin MGs would sure come in handy in the traffic sometimes...

oleblu72 · Dec 28, 2015

Isn't this V4 that Norton is using is an Aprillia motor or is this a different motor than their racing bike?

Mark

BritTwit · Dec 28, 2015

It is supposed to be an all new V4 design developed in association with the Aston Martin Company.

lcrken · Dec 28, 2015

oleblu72 said:
Isn't this V4 that Norton is using is an Aprillia motor or is this a different motor than their racing bike?

Mark

It may be the in-house V4 engine that Garner has been talking about. He said early this year that they were only about a year away from having their own design to replace the Aprillia. Of course in normal manufacturer speak, that's probably 3 years at least.

Ken

lcrken · Dec 28, 2015

Prototype?

Ken

oleblu72 · Dec 28, 2015

I can hardly wait to find out what they'll be asking for it.

Mark

texasSlick · Dec 28, 2015

oleblu72 said:
I can hardly wait to find out what they'll be asking for it.

Mark

Before, or including VAT?

Slick

oleblu72 · Dec 29, 2015

texasSlick said:
oleblu72 said:

I can hardly wait to find out what they'll be asking for it.

Mark

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Before, or including VAT?

Slick

Doesn't matter it would be waaaay out of my price range either way.

Mark

texasSlick · Dec 29, 2015

oleblu72 said:
texasSlick said:

oleblu72 said:

I can hardly wait to find out what they'll be asking for it.

Mark

Click to expand...

Before, or including VAT?

Slick

Click to expand...

Doesn't matter it would be waaaay out of my price range either way.

Mark

I could afford the VAT part, especially buying one in the US.

Slick

Fast Eddie · Dec 30, 2015

Motor Cycle News in the UK had a bit of a feature on the proposed new 1200 V4 and 650 twin.

I can't recall for sure, but I'm fairly sure Garner said the 1200 would be a low volume circa £50,000 bike.

The 650 ain't gonna be a retro classic unlike some expect, its a super modern thing.

Both bikes sound interesting for sure, buts lets not forget that Garner Norton has zero track record in designing and building bikes from scratch, so there are many potential obstacles in the way here.

I would also say that the £7.5m grant, although it sounds a lot to laypersons like us, ain't gonna go far in the designing, developing and putting into production of two new motorcycles from scratch.

I don't want to sound like a whining old fart here, I think what they're aiming to do is incredibly exciting and I wish them the best of British luck. I just wouldn't start preparing space in your garage for one just yet.

texasSlick · Dec 30, 2015

Fast Eddie said:
Motor Cycle News in the UK had a bit of a feature on the proposed new 1200 V4 and 650 twin.

I can't recall for sure, but I'm fairly sure Garner said the 1200 would be a low volume circa £50,000 bike.

The 650 ain't gonna be a retro classic unlike some expect, its a super modern thing.

Both bikes sound interesting for sure, buts lets not forget that Garner Norton has zero track record in designing and building bikes from scratch, so there are many potential obstacles in the way here.

I would also say that the £7.5m grant, although it sounds a lot to laypersons like us, ain't gonna go far in the designing, developing and putting into production of two new motorcycles from scratch.

I don't want to sound like a whining old fart here, I think what they're aiming to do is incredibly exciting and I wish them the best of British luck. I just wouldn't start preparing space in your garage for one just yet.

I think Fast Eddie has put it all into perfect perspective here.

The NOC January 2016 Roadholder has an article on the 650 Dominator. Here is the Dominator
SS on the cover .. as Eddie says, it is a super modern thing:

Slick

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