Possibly great news.... Have just received contact from Norton that I have been given "prefferential staus" on the run of 200 ltd edition V4s and asked for 3 prefferential build No's
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the all new Norton V4. We've been developing the V4 bike for a few years now, most publicly with our TT race team. This has taught us much about V4 engines, chassis geometry, electronics, suspension and all the other aspects that go to make a successful bike. The rigours of a TT race magnify many times over the importance of a reliable, good handling bike with plenty of power and control. Achieving a 7th position and 131mph lap this year with Davo Johnson our factory rider. We are now in a position to share a little more detail and information about the V4 1200cc engine bike. The all new V4 engine has been designed to be compact and offer performance, but with equally strong reliability and drivability. All engines are handbuilt here at the Norton factory and have the following technical specs; • 1200cc V4 • 72 Degree vee • 82mm bore x 56.8 stroke • 200bhp @ 12,000 rpm • Titanium inlet valves • 13:1 compression ratio • 130Nm @ 10,000 rpm • 6 speed cassette gearbox • Slipper clutch • Polished engine covers • 8 fuel injectors with variable inlet tracts and full DBW system • Euro 4 compliance including oil thermostat, knock sensors, secondary air injection and EVAP The bike itself features a handmade tubular aluminium chassis with aluminium billet swingarm. All chassis fabrication/welding is in house here at the factory, we have just opened our new 10,000 sq ft manufacturing facility to accommodate the V4 welding and fabrication. The bike has many electronic aids and technical aspects with much of this proven at the TT over the last few years. A few of the V4 1200cc limited edition specifications are listed below; • Billet frame rear section made from aerospace spec material, frame tube specially developed and hand fabricated, polished finish. • Frame geometry and stiffness developed at TT, multi adjustable including headstock offset, headstock angle and swingarm pivot • Billet single sided swingarm, under-slung for better Centre of Gravity • 1430mm wheelbase • 23.9 degree head angle • 570mm swingarm length • 179kg dry weight • Full suite of Carbon Fibre aerodynamic bodywork with integrated side exit vents – raw carbon or painted chrome as race bike • Choice of Carbon fibre wheels or the forged aluminium as per race bike • Multilayer under seat composite fuel tank, full carbon outer with Kevlar reinforcement and chemical inner coating. 18 litres capacity. • Ohlins NIX 30 system front forks and TTX GP Norton bespoke rear shock, Ohlins steering damper. • Billet top and bottom yoke, Billet foot control system • 7 inch full colour HD display screen with rear facing camera, integral chassis control module and data logging capability • Aluminium hand fabricated front subframe • Switchable ABS with Brembo Monoblock callipers and radial master cylinders and full floating 330mm Brembo discs • 6-axis motorsport inertial motion unit (IMU) controlling multi setting anti-wheelie, traction control, engine braking strategies and launch control • Cruise control • Electronic throttle with drive-by-wire (DBW) • Multiple rider modes ‘ROAD’ ‘SPORT’ ‘ RACE’ • Euro 4 compliant under seat silencers with quad outlets • Full titanium race system supplied with aftermarket tune, approx 8kg lighter and approx 10bhp more – NOT FOR ROAD USE • Keyless ignition system • Full LED lighting system including super bright low beam & high beam, angel eye DRL’s, rear lamps and indicators • Flat up-shifter with auto down blip gear change As we said previously all the bikes will be hand built at our Donington Hall Factory, with deliveries anticipated to begin in the second half of 2017, the first public viewing of the bike will be at the Motorcycle Live show at the NEC this Nov. Two colour schemes are available, a bright chrome finish as the race bike, or a carbon finish. The limited edition bike has now had it's price fixed at £44k, the slightly lower spec non limited edition will be around £28k. We are now taking orders and allocating numbers from the 200 bike limited edition run. As a valued early enquirer you have been given preferential status in allocation, our current public and non UK enquirers list far outweighs bikes available and we have now stopped taking further enquiries for the limited edition bike, so you have a unique opportunity to acquire one of the limited edition bikes which will surely be a prominent point in the history of Norton and take the company into a new chapter. If you would like to purchase one of the V4 limited edition bikes please reply back to this email asap, we will try to allocate chosen numbers if you have a preference. But please understand it is a limited edition and not always possible to give everyone their choice, to this end please state your top preferred 3 numbers on your reply. If we are unable to place any of your chosen numbers we will allocate the nearest available. For clarity, please note we do not require a deposit at this point.
Sorry missed the price bit lol. I bet as a limited run it will rise in value as an investment. But it would be rude not to fuel it up are ride the hell out of it.
Spike I'm sure youv worked hard for your money ( unless your a banker or an mp ) so enjoy your new toy when you get your hands on it.
Thanks - not got the skills or the balls to ride a machine like that - it will be to move on quickly as thats the plan. If you know anyone in the market for one.....
They are alleging that this is a new V4 engine built by Norton at Donington, i.e. not an Aprilia. No doubt we shall find out in due course whether this is true.
