Norton back in British hands

Oh please please please please please.

I WANT a Norton 961.

It's gonna cost 'em...

How much did Bloor lose before Triumph made a profit?

I so hope it works for them. The 961 is sex on wheels.

what I dont get from the press statement is the stae of the art bike bit.  so does that mean the 961 idea is dead, to be replaced by something like a rotary superbike?

 Ever seen the engine in an Rx8 - tiny buggers only 1200cc but imagine that and those horses, in motorbike form.....

Wow! Seems like Kenny Dreer in America did a very good job, pitty the project folded after all those years.

IF it looked like that, and IF it was properly made, and IF it went well, and IF it handled and stopped well, I'd have one of them.

So long as it didn't cost the earth to buy of course. Some of us aren't as rich as Harry.

98% of the time I'm right. Why worry about the other 3%.

Looks sexhy

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IF it looked like that, and IF it was properly made, and IF it went well, and IF it handled and stopped well, I'd have one of them.

So long as it didn't cost the earth to buy of course. Some of us aren't as rich as Harry.

Well under a new company and as it's 4 years down the line, it's likely to be quite different I am sure.  If it does ever make it.  As a new bike no doubt it will suffer some teething troubles.  I just hope that they can make something happen, which must be really hard given the economic situation at the moment.

Also as the US company were publishing the cost at $20,000 in 2004, you can bet it will be expensive. 

I saw the Kenny Dreer designed Norton a few years ago at Norton America, it was absolutely the best looking Norton I've ever laid eyes on by far. It's a pity they ran out of money before full production could ramp up. Hopefully the Uk company that bought the trademark name and tooling can produce a version that looks as fantastic as the orriginal design.If they can make this bike  reliable and produce it at a resonable price I will buy one.      As far as the rotory engined bike goes,I think it will always remain a novelty design and never get taken up by the mainstreem buyer,It's just way to unconventional like  the  past attempts have proven.