BBC NEWS | UK | Can Norton make its marque again? As a certain Norton fixated Member is no doubt aware : "It supplied more than a quarter of the British armed forces' 400,000 motorcycles during World War II" (though as it's a quote from 'The Meeja' I'll be unsurprised if it's inaccurate ) Best of luck to Mr Garner, a brave man but I hope they get the marque's status back up as well as Triumph managed. Cheers, Adam.
We have been discusing this on my Motorbike forum. The conclusion was they won't be able to compete with 'pocket rockets' like this: Goodluck to them though
What is that, a bycicle for Manga-lovers? This is what a Motorcycle (with a capital M) ought to look like! Even if it's a Triumph Bonneville, that is
Nah, sorry, proper bikes have spoked wheels and seperate gearboxes !:p This thread reminds me of why I'm not comfortable running Japanese :- Beheaded Aussie I don't believe that there will ever be serious production of new Nortons and I don't think that they would interest me anyway. I'm a compulsive tinkerer. What do I want a modern bike for ?
Whoops, almost forgot the original query. Nortons certainly claimed 1 in 4 and if the immediate pre-war contracts are taken into account then they made + - 100,000 machines so it is more-or-less true. Rich
(Head covered in ashes) P.S. Former owner of a MZ150, the worst aggregate of pig iron since the Phoenicians! http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/images/red-ts/r-side-620.jpg I'm showing the URL only as I don't want to spoil this perfectly good thread
Is there a following on Bikers on here by any chance? I'm organizing a day trip to France in May with some bikers. We are doing a Battlefield Tour of Dunkirk if anyone is interested?
Nice one here's the current link...Still early days yet though 2wat.org.uk • Login It appears you may have to join the forum. If you don't want to let me know and I'll cut and paste the main details on here
Changed to "almost a quarter" on a recent BBC article. Norton Motorcycles' 122 years of speed As globally renowned motorbike builder Norton goes into administration, the BBC looks back on its past glories. ... During World War Two the firm withdrew from racing but manufactured almost 100,000 sidevalve motorcycles - almost a quarter of all British military motorcycles. Norton produced almost a quarter of all British military motorcycles in World War Two ...
