What's happening at Norton? Sale to TVS, massive investment, new bikes...

I actually never heard of Motus before this.
Very interesting article.

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This Motorcycle Was Too Good (Or Just Too Expensive) For America - Jalopnik

For a few short years, we could buy a made-in-America sport-touring halo bike, a machine from a daring startup that was built around half of a Chevy LS engine. Though it offered a muscular alternative to a BMW or a Harley-Davidson, at nearly $40,000 the Motus MST-R was either too expensive for...
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Schwany said:
Too many fish in the pan. These guys are going to end up with management problems eating up their capital, and fail yet again in the USA.

I said that so they can prove me wrong and give the 9 or 10 people in the USA that might actually buy a new Norton something to buy instead of pontificate about. Too harsh? Oops 🤣
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Followed the Motus story for a while and would have bought one ,Alan Cathcart liked it a lot.
 
Engine designed by a Chevy Corvette racing engineering team.
The crank runs longitudinally but the bike has a chain final drive.
So there has to be bevel gears in the drive-train to change the direction of the final drive 90 degrees.
Would love to see an exploded view of the engine.
 
BritTwit said:
Engine designed by a Chevy Corvette racing engineering team.
The crank runs longitudinally but the bike has a chain final drive.
So there has to be bevel gears in the drive-train to change the direction of the final drive 90 degrees.
Would love to see an exploded view of the engine.
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What's happening at Norton? Sale to TVS, massive investment, new bikes...
 
Yeah, I like the natural grey finish much better.
Easier to see the motor, and case covers.
Pretty cool indeed, too bad in the end the factory couldn't make a go of it.
 
BritTwit said:
Interesting.
Why don't you post a video so we can all hear it?
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plenty out there, and my video skills and equipment are not the best , but maybe I'll give it a try.
Should probably get back to dreaming about some kind of new Norton........
 
The bodywork in the spy shots is clearly not production.. Besides if the styling is too 'out there', no one will buy it. Motorcyclists are a conservative bunch.
 
hybridracer said:
So they are just copying the crap seat/rear end designs from all the others?
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Bevelheadmhr said:
The bodywork in the spy shots is clearly not production.. Besides if the styling is too 'out there', no one will buy it. Motorcyclists are a conservative bunch.
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What do you people expect? Hilarious reactions here.
Do you really think a modern bike with a v4 is going to have classic looks?

Ducati and bmw do it better.
 
NorTriDuc said:
What do you people expect? Hilarious reactions here.
Do you really think a modern bike with a v4 is going to have classic looks?

Ducati and bmw do it better.
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Agreed.
Classic fans will not be buying a superbike.
This V4 is for the kids, or at least people how think they're kids, with money, who fantasize themselves future MOTOGP champions.
So, they need 200+hp, angular plastic bits, computer screen instruments, tiny tail sections, 10 rider modes, etc.....:p
Us classic fans will have to wait for their "modern classic" model, or models.
 
Bevelheadmhr said:
Clearly not, high end superbikes all follow the same design cues, Norton can't afford to drift too far from this standard look.
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It wouldn’t make any sense to have a brand new model with a v4 and designed with classic looks. It would be impossible to hide all the wiring and hoses.

I’m not believing that TVS Norton will be offering anything in their line up, that will be in the modern classic design.
 
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