New Norton V4SV
Discussion
Thanks for posting. I wasn’t aware of any reviews so good to see Fagan give us his thoughts. I saw both the SV and CF at the custom bike show a couple of weeks ago. Lovely looking things - I preferred the naked CF of the 2, and I’m really pleased they’ve got (very) serious money behind them now.
I think if I was going to spend £40K on a Norton though, I’d struggle to look past this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20211123...
Still - I really hope they succeed and can shake of the smell from the previous owners.
I think if I was going to spend £40K on a Norton though, I’d struggle to look past this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20211123...
Still - I really hope they succeed and can shake of the smell from the previous owners.
Thats the problem with small batch manufacturing. You have to spread tooling costs across a small number of untis.
All that carbon, if it is made in the UK, that is going to cost a fortune in effort and moulds alone!
All that carbon, if it is made in the UK, that is going to cost a fortune in effort and moulds alone!
Al Gorithum said:
Nice but can't see it being worth £44k, or even half that.
poo at Paul's said:
Looks gaudy and crass. Why all the polished nonsense and awful candy wheels.
For that sort of money it should have top notch gear on it everywhere and be ‘purposeful’ not look like a tarted up vacuous fool doing tik tok.
Couldn't agree more, looks dated and ugly, especially the "droopy" front end, same as the rear of the old 961, I'd rank every other litre sportsbike ahead of that on looks alone, even the gixxer and no doubt they'll all beat the Norton in unbiased back to back tests, if they're allowed this time.For that sort of money it should have top notch gear on it everywhere and be ‘purposeful’ not look like a tarted up vacuous fool doing tik tok.
But I suppose none of that will matter to investors who won't ride them.
Not sure why they've spent all that money to bring it back from the dead, should have just paid off the previous "investors" and moved on.
Lambo FirstBlood said:
Thanks for posting. I wasn’t aware of any reviews so good to see Fagan give us his thoughts. I saw both the SV and CF at the custom bike show a couple of weeks ago. Lovely looking things - I preferred the naked CF of the 2, and I’m really pleased they’ve got (very) serious money behind them now.
I think if I was going to spend £40K on a Norton though, I’d struggle to look past this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20211123...
Still - I really hope they succeed and can shake of the smell from the previous owners.
My friend had one of those. It was loud.I think if I was going to spend £40K on a Norton though, I’d struggle to look past this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20211123...
Still - I really hope they succeed and can shake of the smell from the previous owners.
Why is the rear shock reservoir pointing directly at the hugger?
Doesn't look like there's a lot of room between them but presumably that's all been thought out (as they did with the front mudguard on that yellow 961...) and it'll be fine on the rare occasion it's ridden by a larger person down a bumpy road
Doesn't look like there's a lot of room between them but presumably that's all been thought out (as they did with the front mudguard on that yellow 961...) and it'll be fine on the rare occasion it's ridden by a larger person down a bumpy road
crofty1984 said:
Lambo FirstBlood said:
Thanks for posting. I wasn’t aware of any reviews so good to see Fagan give us his thoughts. I saw both the SV and CF at the custom bike show a couple of weeks ago. Lovely looking things - I preferred the naked CF of the 2, and I’m really pleased they’ve got (very) serious money behind them now.
I think if I was going to spend £40K on a Norton though, I’d struggle to look past this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20211123...
Still - I really hope they succeed and can shake of the smell from the previous owners.
My friend had one of those. It was loud.I think if I was going to spend £40K on a Norton though, I’d struggle to look past this:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/bike-details/20211123...
Still - I really hope they succeed and can shake of the smell from the previous owners.
Not a glowing review by MCN. Ironic given how far they were wholly uncritical of the bikes under the former owner.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/norton...
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/norton...
Skeptisk said:
Not a glowing review by MCN. Ironic given how far they were wholly uncritical of the bikes under the former owner.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/norton...
Summed up by https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/norton...
Aprillia V4 factory, better in every respect and half the price.
In fact every competitor to the Norton , is massively cheaper .
Really can't see a reason to buy, don't even think it'll appreciate or hold its value at all, it's not that good.
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