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Norton Motorcycles join forces with Chinese manufacturer Zhongshen
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Norton and Zhongshen have entered into a 20 year Design and Licence agreement based around Norton’s all new 650cc twin-engine. The 650cc twin-engine has been jointly engineered and developed by Norton and Sussex-based Ricardo engineering and has been specifically designed to the requirements of Zhongshen. It will be Euro 4 compliant, which enables Zhongshen to…
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Norton opens new Technical Academy amid plans for a completely British-made motorbike
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Plans for an all-new British-made motorbike have taken a step forward with the opening of the new Norton Technical Academy in Leicestershire, which aims to train up to 300 young engineers over next couple of years. Norton is recognised around the world as a quintessentially British brand, and CEO and owner Stuart Garner has a…
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Norton Motorcycles receive boost from the bank!
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Norton Motorcycles is scaling up production and hiring 40 more staff, thanks to a £3 million boost from Santander. Last year we showed you some behind the scenes snaps of the new Norton factory in Castle Donington – they showed a relatively small scale production line with a pretty limited capacity, but that’s all about to change. The factory currently…
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Norton boss unveils plans for North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix (NW200 entry could happen this year!)
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Norton boss unveils plans for North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix (NW200 entry could happen this year!) Whilst the dust settles from yesterday’s announcements around the coming TT summer event on the Isle of Man, Norton boss Stuart Garner has set tongues wagging in the road race world with claims that his superbike could…
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Josh Brookes CONFIRMED as riding the Norton at TT 2017!
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Josh Brookes CONFIRMED as riding the Norton at TT 2017! TWO years after winning the BSB title, Aussie Josh Brookes is back in the UK – taking on the domestic Superbike championship AND the Isle of Man TT! Brookes will ride the Norton racebike on The Mountain Course, he will be part of an all-Aussie…
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Want to see secret inside Norton pics? Insider photos of the development ‘corner’ reveal the chassis work under development
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Norton has released a drawing and claims that a 1200cc V4 superbike is going to appear as part of the firm’s 2017 range. Norton has also said that the bike is ‘targetting’ 200bhp, will have funky rear-view cameras instead of boring old mirrors and will be in very limited numbers. It’ll also have a single-sided…
