grandpaul said:Refer to a previous reply: Why isn't Norton offering another new model, replica of the TT race bike? Don't they have everything they need, including a RACE-PROVEN basis machine? Seems like a no-brainer.wakeup said:Maybe they worked out that the 961 Commando isn't suitable for racing?? Imagine the publicity they would get with a 961 rumbling around in last place.............
Maybe we're all in the dark, and they'll announce an upcoming release right after the Isle Of Man race is done...
Well it's a well known feature of motorcycle manufacturing, an accountant presses the Big Red Button, and a fully formed, fully developed, affordable motor cycle drops from the sky, along with all of the fully proven, fully optimised drawings and tooling, and the right spread of skilled people to make it all happen. All in a flash.
Of course there are people all over the World who would say, "....but it only takes...something or other". Generally however those people have little knowledge of what is required. From what I understand the Norton racing effort is run pretty much on a shoestring. Running a racing team doesn't have a great deal in common with a production establishment. Anyone (ANYONE) can bodge up a world beater and announce it to the eager public, in a flash (there's that word again) of publicity. But actually taking a concept from the lamp flickering on stage ,to production bikes rolling out of the door takes a huge effort.
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wakeup