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Norton Motorcycles in trouble?

Discussion in 'General' started by Steeltoe, Jan 9, 2020.

  1. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

  2. Big T

    Big T Well-Known Member

    Do not want their cookie

    Can you copy something to here?
     
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  3. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Shit no! Block the page until you accept. F@ck dat shit!

    As for Norton, should we set up a gofundme page? :rolleyes:
     
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  4. ducnut

    ducnut Well-Known Member

    It sounds like it’s a credit they’re further owed from their government. Once they receive it, the tax liability is to be paid. They’ve already paid the previous balance of that tax, once they received their previous credit. Seems like an overreaction, to me.
     
  5. Robby-Bobby

    Robby-Bobby Steeltoe’s Daddy

    Norton hasn’t been healthy since 1974.

    It’s just sad that the Marque can’t get going but they asking crazy high prices for their machines....
     
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  6. ton

    ton Arf!

    that'd be a far more worthy cause than most of the others we see...
     
  7. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    You guys don't use adblockers? o_O I don't see any of whatever cookie you mention. Firefox+Ublock
     
  8. rice r0cket

    rice r0cket Well-Known Member

    They've never really set themselves up for success, they just diddle around with their 50 year old designs that take tons of hours to hand build. This billionaire will give up, and another will step in. Or maybe Tata motors will add them to their once-failed British brand portfolio.
     
  9. Robby-Bobby

    Robby-Bobby Steeltoe’s Daddy

    The latest were new designs I thought?

    They look similar but from what I saw they are modern.

    The dude in Oregon or Colorado was the outfit basically updating the old stuff if I remember correctly.
     
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  10. Big T

    Big T Well-Known Member

    Kenny Dreer originally modified 1970s vintage Commandos into much better machines

    He later bought the Norton name and developed the all new 961. He had a running prototype, which I've seen many times, but his financial backer bailed before production.

    The British group revived that bike and started selling them.

    A friend has one, and it spends months in the shop.

    This is just a financial thing between various British beauracracies
     
  11. Robin172

    Robin172 Well-Known Member

    The bunch in charge now seem to be all style and no substance, I have a feeling the whole thing is a bit shady.
     
  12. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    They keep announcing really cool supersport bikes. Not sure any of them are actually in production. The V4, the Ultralight...
     
  13. Robby-Bobby

    Robby-Bobby Steeltoe’s Daddy

    Didn’t they bring one to the Isle a few years ago? Powered by Aprilia
     
  14. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

    Yes, they eventually put their own v4 in it. McGuinness rode for them. It sucked.
    This might explain why McGuinness has been on social media looking for a ride in 2020. I think that relationship soured. Not sure they paid him?
     
  15. Robin172

    Robin172 Well-Known Member

    They also bought Spondon and if the stories are to be believed they laid everyone off and then destroyed all the tooling, jigs and spares that came with the sale. Seems the name was the only thing of interest to them.
     
  16. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

  17. Big T

    Big T Well-Known Member

    I read that earlier today.
    Great article and interview

    Mr Gardner seems like a piece of work
     
  18. Robin172

    Robin172 Well-Known Member

    So all the stories I'd heard about Garner being a real chancer are proving to be true.
     
  19. Phl218

    Phl218 .

    there's a guy on the V4 society FB group who brought his Norton in for some paint related service items (into the factory) and had his bike stripped and parts put on another customer's bike. the video shows him cussing and pushing the remainder of his bike out of there and getting it loaded onto a truck.

    he's currently suing them.
     
  20. motoracer1100

    motoracer1100 Well-Known Member

    I want a Norton NRS 588.....
     
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