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Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:17 pm
by capitano
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

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:27 pm
by Ralph
Bent as a nine bob note.

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:46 am
by capitano
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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Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:02 am
by smeghead
If any of you fancy a Norton these chaps will make you a new one: https://www.norvilmotorcycle.co.uk/

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 6:39 am
by capitano
The latest in the Norton saga - again, grim reading. :(

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

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 6:53 am
by horobags
suspended sentence!!! :shock:

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:25 am
by richie the 1st
fat lot of good that is

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:59 am
by Ralph
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.

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:41 am
by steve_h80
Bloody hell....

Re: Norton - grim reading!

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:17 am
by roadster
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hopeful enthusiast who doesn't realize that no matter what exorbitant selling price you set small scale production of outdated designs has never made a practical business model.