Great news!!! Norton will ride Lightweight TT 2015 with a new bike!!!!!
Could be a chance to win a TT with Cam!!!!

very interesting 

Anyone got a link to this?  Can't seem to find anything on t'web

http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/new...HiwkUwqCkM

(28-11-2014, 07:13 PM).vala-vala Wrote: http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/new...HiwkUwqCkM

Hmmm.... Well I wish them all the best but I can't help thinking we've seen this all before.

Let's hope they don't end up with something slower and worse handling than the donor bike.

Considering the limited nature of the changes they can make anyway for Formula Farquhar it really is only a badge engineering job anyway.

(28-11-2014, 07:58 PM)desmophile Wrote:

(28-11-2014, 07:13 PM).vala-vala Wrote: http://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/new...HiwkUwqCkM

Hmmm.... Well I wish them all the best but I can't help thinking we've seen this all before.

Let's hope they don't end up with something slower and worse handling than the donor bike.

Considering the limited nature of the changes they can make anyway for Formula Farquhar it really is only a badge engineering job anyway.

Well , Well !
Will it be a Aprilia 650 twin ?
At least it can't be any worse than the last time out !

No, engine will be kawa ER6....

I'm yet to find a credible positive statement made by anybody about that company who isn't on its payroll...... including the best designer it shouldn't have lost and it's own customers.

Wouldn't it be good to see them enter the ss race with a Triumph engine in one of their frames,

Just think they could call it a Triton, catchy name don't you think??



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Be great to see a Norton with its own power plant and be competitive, but the Triton idea is a real good un maybe one day, it's still nice seeing the Norton brand back.

(02-12-2014, 02:56 PM)Steady the Edward Wrote: Wouldn't it be good to see them enter the ss race with a Triumph engine in one of their frames,

Just think they could call it a Triton,  catchy name don't you think??



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IMHO: Best thing you've ever posted!!!

Oh well that's it then Nash !! better hang my key board up, go out on a high if we have peaked lol

You should be so lucky ha ha ha


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(02-12-2014, 03:13 PM)Superbike Wrote: Be great to see a Norton with its own power plant and be competitive, but the Triton idea is a real good un maybe one day, it's still nice seeing the Norton brand back.

Yes I think that is a big problem they have not starting at the heart of the job and getting a power plant sorted first then building on that at a pace they could manage,  instead of trying to gallop of in all directions with all sorts of different engines from the past and unfinished R &D projects started by people no longer with them 

 Get a good solid base then build up from there,  otherwise you end up with a bitsa that no one is going to buy to fund every thing,  you have to have sales or it just becomes a big boys toy, 



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Any rumour about Norton TT 2015 team???
Any specialist on the Lightweight??

The new Norton Lightweight design: trellis frame, "banana type" swingarm

From Faceache today:

CAMERON DONALD TO RIDE FOR NORTON FACTORY TEAM AT 2015 ISLE OF MAN TT RACES

Norton Motorcycles can confirm that Cameron Donald has renewed his contarct for the 2015 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, with the Australian ace lining up in the Dainese Superbike and PokerStars Senior TT Races for Norton. Cameron will again start both races from the number 19 position, made famous by the late Steve Hislop who took Norton’s last TT victory in the 1992 Senior Race.
Cameron, hailing from Warrandyte, near Melbourne, won the TT Newcomers Trophy in 2005 and set the paddock alight a year later when he took a stunning second place in the Senior TT. 2008 saw him claim a Superbike-Superstock double victory and then setting the first ever 131mph+ lap in practice for the 2009 meeting.
He now has an impressive tally of ten podiums with his most recent coming in the 2013 Superbike Race when he took second place behind Michael Dunlop. With a fastest lap of 130.729mph, Cameron is also the eighth fastest rider ever to have lapped the 37 anandd ¾-mile course and showed his versatility with second in the inaugural Okells Brewery 350cc Classic TT Race last August.
Norton have also renewed the services of both Mick Grant and Steve Plater to aid further development and progress of the SG3 Norton throughout 2015. 
Cameron has got the Norton factory approval to ride a Supersport at the 2015 TT in order to keep bike fit and get maximum track time. An announcement is expected shortly on Cameron’s chosen ride.
Cameron Donald commented:
“After a solid but frustrating 2014 where we made great progress with the bike but didn’t show it’s full potential we all agreed to keep the team together for 2015. Norton have pushed hard within the factory over winter, their engineering department have made many changes to SG3. With the enthusiasm and experience of the Norton team behind me and ex TT winners such as Mick Grant and Steve Plater involved again, we’re all looking forward to a great TT. Norton is synonymous with the Isle of Man TT and I can’t wait to ride the newly developed SG3 round the Mountain Course.”
Stuart Garner, CEO, Norton Motorcycles commented:
“Cameron did a great job for us last year, both in riding talent and development work with the factory. The continuity a further year with the identical team cannot be under estimated. It’s a huge ask to build a bike from scratch to compete against the world’s best road racers, the world’s best bikes at the world’s toughest race! To do this we need world class talent, in Cameron we have this. We also get a great brand ambassador for Norton, his support, feedback and presence within the team are hugely important to us, both as a company and a race team.”

Interesting that they choose FB for such a detailed announcement when their own website has only two sentences!

Looks like a chunk of copy and paste from last year as the Superbike race has a new sponsor this year!

Hope they put in a better showing than last year.