Norton - grim reading!

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Norton - grim reading!

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A set of interviews has begun to be released, featuring key players in the development and eventual demise of Norton Motorcycles.

It makes for a grim story. :(

https://www.superbike.co.uk/article/nor ... -the-start

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Bent as a nine bob note.
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Ralph wrote: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:27 pm Bent as a nine bob note.
Ralph, I'm kicking myself that I didn't invest all my savings , back in November last year!

MCN are running reports of a "special investigation, in their print edition today.

I don't expect any new revelations today, but I suspect that we haven't heard the last, nor the worst, of it yet ... :o :shock:

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If any of you fancy a Norton these chaps will make you a new one: https://www.norvilmotorcycle.co.uk/

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The latest in the Norton saga - again, grim reading. :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... 417156.amp

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suspended sentence!!! :shock:
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fat lot of good that is
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You can buy justice as they say, free to rip off some other poor suckers.
The bikes looked good but sounded like a pair of skeletons' having a leg over
on a corrugated iron roof.
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Bloody hell....

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Surprise surprise! They're back again, you can't keep the worlds best marketing name down. Probably yet another hopeful enthusiast who doesn't realize that no matter what exorbitant selling price you set small scale production of outdated designs has never made a practical business model.
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