First new Norton is delivered
03-30-2010, 05:35 PM
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First new Norton is delivered
First new Norton delivered to customer
Source: MCN
The first new production Norton in a generation was handed to its new owner last Friday, with further deliveries taking place throughout this week.
The limited edition Commando 961 SE was eagerly received by rider Jonathan Hewitt, 51, of Grimsby who described the experience as a “great honour”. The keys were personally handed over by Norton boss Stuart Garner.
Garner told MCN; “The significance of handing over the first bike hasn’t quite hit me yet, it’s fantastic.
"We’ve got another historic British motorcycle manufacturer back. Now Norton can hopefully build and grow, get some strength into the brand, get some more models and grow the Norton platform. It’s great for British motorcycling”.
Source: MCN
The first new production Norton in a generation was handed to its new owner last Friday, with further deliveries taking place throughout this week.
The limited edition Commando 961 SE was eagerly received by rider Jonathan Hewitt, 51, of Grimsby who described the experience as a “great honour”. The keys were personally handed over by Norton boss Stuart Garner.
Garner told MCN; “The significance of handing over the first bike hasn’t quite hit me yet, it’s fantastic.
"We’ve got another historic British motorcycle manufacturer back. Now Norton can hopefully build and grow, get some strength into the brand, get some more models and grow the Norton platform. It’s great for British motorcycling”.
03-30-2010, 06:24 PM
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Man, I've LOVED that bike since I first saw the pre-production models. Haven't been following the Norton saga since Kenny Dreer was the owner, but it's really cool to see them still trying. I wish them well.
03-30-2010, 06:41 PM
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I read one review and actually watched another (can't remember where but maybe motorcyclenews?) - probably on utube somewhere. both were really positive. said it was finished very well, and was a very good sporting bike - obviously not race rep but more monster-esque and maybe better. Really good looking bike.
here they are - both brief, but pretty cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K80g...om=PL&index=46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeQqAVVptHc
here they are - both brief, but pretty cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K80g...om=PL&index=46
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeQqAVVptHc
Last edited by cliby; 03-30-2010 at 06:46 PM. Reason: found video links
03-31-2010, 02:48 PM
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Now THAT'S a proper motorcycle. But 24K usd? I've got lust but have reached that point in life where foolishness is neutralized by sense. At that pricing tier I'd like to move into personal custom efforts for the artistic rewards.
03-31-2010, 04:17 PM
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I love Nortons too. Had a '73 Commando way back when. Loved it. Wish I'd kept it more than any other bike I sold off.
But if somebody gave me a $24k gift certificate for bikes? I'd buy an extremely nice '74 Commando 850 for $6k-$8k, spend the rest on an FJR1300 and a CBR1000RR. That's just me.
But if somebody gave me a $24k gift certificate for bikes? I'd buy an extremely nice '74 Commando 850 for $6k-$8k, spend the rest on an FJR1300 and a CBR1000RR. That's just me.
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