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By * and BCouple
over a year ago
Durham |
"I see Norton have gone into liquidation. Sad to see as the bikes look absolutely gorgeous - sex on 2 wheels!  "
Someone told me this was going to happen 2 weekends ago. We thought it was twash. Their bikes @ TT are awesome. McGuiness rode one last year. Let's hope someone comes in and saves them. Mind the prices of their machines put a lot out of their market. |
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By *atcpl OP Couple
over a year ago
Milton Keynes |
"I see Norton have gone into liquidation. Sad to see as the bikes look absolutely gorgeous - sex on 2 wheels!
Someone told me this was going to happen 2 weekends ago. We thought it was twash. Their bikes @ TT are awesome. McGuiness rode one last year. Let's hope someone comes in and saves them. Mind the prices of their machines put a lot out of their market. "
Yes agreed - I would have loved one but hard to justify the price when there are better machines for less money - I think the fact they were building them in a stately home had something to do with the prices they were charging!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They have owed my mate money for ages and kept giving him bikes instead of paying the bills. Once he said enough and wanted the money they had to pay him and then couldn’t pay the tax bill. |
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Writing was on the wall with them from the get go. You dont try and build a product like that in an office with the desks pulled out with a halfords tool kit. The guy bought a badge and tried to make it work but was too fixated by going to the TT. Mate of mine raced it there a while back n said it was sketchy at best. Saw the super bike they had at NEC that they said was done, the engine they reckoned was finished was a shell with used pipes on to make it look like it worked.
Sad to see but couldn't see it going any other way to be honest...not even going to mention the financials.... |
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By *ugyukMan
over a year ago
dundee |
least the boy got off his arse n made a go of it...
im no disputin how it was ran n how its ended up
aw am sayin is..it mighta worked !!
at least he tried...which is a lot more than us armchair critics have done |
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I remember test riding a norton 961 commando at the classic bike weekend at Donington park in 2013, felt at the time that it was a nice bike. BUT massively overpriced for how it felt when riding it. As said at least he got off his arse and had a go |
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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago
West Wales |
They are now talking pension pot discrepancies, It would appear housed a known fraudster to manage staff pensions & he then invested it all in guess who?
If true whether he “Had a ho” or not he needs to do time!!
Oh & apparently McPint hasn’t been paid yet for the TT ride...
Rumours abound around Norton always have, I have a couple of mates who are brothers & ordered their bikes at the same time. One got his a month ago. The other gets to lose his substantial deposit.. Nice...
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More news about Norton this week. I didn’t know that he also destroyed the spondon company. For any that have never heard of spondon they built awesome motorcycle frames. So that is two famous british marques he has destroyed |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"More news about Norton this week. I didn’t know that he also destroyed the spondon company. For any that have never heard of spondon they built awesome motorcycle frames. So that is two famous british marques he has destroyed "
He’s wrecked lives. It’s even worse when you read they was very close family friends to begin with. John Hogan has done good work so far. |
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"More news about Norton this week. I didn’t know that he also destroyed the spondon company. For any that have never heard of spondon they built awesome motorcycle frames. So that is two famous british marques he has destroyed
He’s wrecked lives. It’s even worse when you read they was very close family friends to begin with. John Hogan has done good work so far. "
Yes he has and there are more instalments to come |
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By * and BCouple
over a year ago
Durham |
Norton was given subsidies and he even went out on government trade visits abroad to help drum up trade for great Britain. Subsidies all disappeared, but hey ho he does now have some lovely sports cars on his drive as Norton Ltd is in the hands of administrators |
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"least the boy got off his arse n made a go of it...
im no disputin how it was ran n how its ended up
aw am sayin is..it mighta worked !!
at least he tried...which is a lot more than us armchair critics have done "
You'd do well to get out of your armchair and do some reading.. he defrauded many ppl right from the get go... turned a very respected brand to ash, not Norton! that was just a badge! Its thought he will end up behind bars and it wont come a day too soon... |
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