Norton Deposit Info, It's Demise & It’s New Owners

Discussion in 'Other Bikes' started by John W, Oct 16, 2018.

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  1. I felt compelled to write to MCN this morning after the ITV news broadcast, I've read MCN for over 20 years and can't believe they blindly praised a product that was rotten to the core. I'm thinking of starting a Facebook group, I'd really like to know the scale of the problem, how many people have lost their money?
     
    #761 Bubble, Jan 31, 2020
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  2. Ahh yeah. Kawasaki then - they've got a stake in Bimota recently.
     
    #762 Dox, Jan 31, 2020
  3. You could always organise a ride out... that'd show them.
     
    #763 Fire3500, Jan 31, 2020
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  4. As far as I can tell, the product wasn't rotten to the core - simply in early stage development and without the resources to finish the job properly. It's becoming ever more evident that the company however WAS rotten to the core, and has been from the off. I'd been seriously tempted by a v4 but, every time I saw a piece or documentary on the company, something didn't ring true, so I bought another Ducati instead…
     
    #764 Technomad, Jan 31, 2020
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  5. I wonder how many letters they have ignored over the last 1 or 2 years :thinkingface:
     
    #765 Exige, Jan 31, 2020
  6. I’d open with “that’s you fecked then” and see if he wants to keep the conversation going.
     
    #766 outintheopen, Jan 31, 2020
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  7. Seems an awful lot of in depth info on the Norton background, very quickly after the collapse. I’m sure potential purchasers would have liked even a snippet of that before laying down deposits etc. Nightmare.
     
    #767 HyperMac, Jan 31, 2020
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  8. We seem to live in an era where marketing and a shiny shop front are more important than due diligence, guilty as charged here!
     
    #768 Bubble, Jan 31, 2020
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  10. Has he lost the Hall in the collapse?
     
    #770 Bubble, Jan 31, 2020
  11. #771 bradders, Jan 31, 2020
  12. They should have stuck with the Aprilia V4. Should have... should have.. Feel sorry for the people who have lost cash over this. I mentioned things to a guy who was at the Norton stand NEC 2019. He nearly bit my head off. No idea where in the company he stood, but clearly something was very wrong.
     
    #772 Steviegtr, Jan 31, 2020
  13. Garner reminds of Neil Woodford. (No, not Kenneth Noye........)

    .....still, if someone looks like a crook, they nearly always are.
     
    #773 Arquebus, Jan 31, 2020
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  14. I try hard not be (more) cynical as I age, but I would still place a bet on the correct answer despite him saying that he's lost "everything".
     
    #774 Chris, Jan 31, 2020
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  15. That's Jamie Oliver you're talking about, innit?
     
    #775 Arquebus, Jan 31, 2020
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  16. Bob Hoskins? He always looked like a criminal ;)
     
    #776 bradders, Jan 31, 2020
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  17. I sold a car to a bloke that described himself as a Bob Hoskins lookalike - got a bankers draft :eek: all good :D
     
    #777 Harry Bell, Jan 31, 2020
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  18. Euphemism?
     
    #778 bradders, Jan 31, 2020
  19. Nah, it was a Merc :thinkingface:
     
    #779 Harry Bell, Jan 31, 2020
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  20. Brilliant.....:joy:
     
    #780 Arquebus, Jan 31, 2020
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