Thread: New Norton

Have you seen the new Norton, Looks like a must have to me, sorry I cant load pictures, you will have to look it up, maybe google.

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Photo: Norton Commando 961 Café Racer, top of the Craner Curves, Donington Park Race Circuit, UK
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Norton Commando 961 SF



Norton Commando 961 Sport

I see that it has 2 valves per cylinder.
They are using the old engine

Engine Engine type
Parallel twin with dry sump Displacement
961cc Cooling System
Air Valve actuation
Push rod, hydraulic lifter, 2 valves per cylinder Bore x stroke
88mm x 79mm Compression ratio
10.1:1 Fuel System
Electronic fuel injection Ignition
Digital Start
Electric Exhaust
Multiple 3 way catalytic converter Transmission Gear box
Constant mesh 5 speed Final drive
525 “O” ring chain Clutch
Wet multi-plate hydraulic with Brembo hydraulic clutch actuation cylinder Dimensions Fuel tank capacity
17 litres (4.5 US gallon) Dry weight
205kg (452 lbs) Seat height
813mm (32 in) Wheelbase
1423mm (56 in) Frame Frame
Steel tubular with integral oil tank Swing arm
Twin-sided steel construction Rake
24.5 degrees Trail
99mm (3.9 in) Front wheel
Stainless steel spoke 3.5 x 17” polished rim Rear wheel
Stainless steel spoke 5.5 x 17” polished rim Front tyre
120/70/ZR17 Rear tyre
180/55/ZR17 Front wheel travel
115mm (4.53 in) Rear wheel travel
100mm (3.94 in) Bodywork
Fly-screen Suspension Front suspension

• 43mm Öhlins conventional forks
• Adjustable preload, compression and rebound damping
• Fully machined billet yokes

Rear suspension

• Öhlins reservoir-style twin shocks
• Adjustable ride height, preload, compression and rebound

Brakes Front brakes

• Twin Brembo 320mm fully-floating high carbon stainless steel discs
• Brembo 4 piston 'goldline' axially mounted calipers
• Stainless steel braided hoses

Rear brakes

• Single Brembo 220mm disc
• Brembo 2 piston caliper
• Brembo rear brake master cylinder
• Stainless steel braided hose

Performance Power
80PS @ 7700RPM Torque
80Nm @ 6000RPM Electronics and Controls Charging system
300 watt hi-output alternator Instrumentation
Norton electronic analogue speedo and tachometer. Multi-function display including mileage, trip, battery voltage & time Colours

• Black
• Manx Silver
• Piper Red

Pricing £13,995* OTR

Tish.....my old Bantam 125 would have run rings around that if I could ever get it started..

beaut bike hugh...nice to see that old Norton Logo.

Probably shit myself trying to drive one of these new beasts...not to mention probably could not lift it when I drop at the first corner....

Years ago my nephew ( now a London motorcycle cop) took a much younger me on the back of his Triumph 650?..should have worn a diaper...

Nortons are great bikes, Had a 1964 dominator that i brought in Penang back in 1986 and used in Thailand

Yeah thats it, I personally prefer it in black, but bloody nice hey, the older style tank takes me back to the Manx Norton, G50 Matchless days, struth showing my age now. Older style tank, Commando looking engine and all the late model species as described. They recon it will sell for $30000 when released in Australia, bet they cant get enough ovem.

Whatever happened to the all beating rotary wankel engine Norton was racing till they banned it because nobody could compete with it.
Who is it that owns the name now ? Are they being built in the UK ? As said it is nice to see the Norton Logo back.

^^^ We fitted a Norton rotary into an LCR road race sidecar some 15 or 20 years ago. It was a factory race engine that used venturi in the exhaust system to creat a negative preasure to pull the cooling air through the motor.
Even then no-one could decide as to what its capasity was. Last I heard, that motor was some-where in Tasmania.

I will never understand why the rotary never took off. it was a great engine as norton proved as did Mazda with their range. The might of big corporations I suppose ?

A big twin is quite a bit to handle...reminds me of my le-mans days. I would prefer it to be a monoshock though...

Rotary engines wear like fuck, unfortunately.

As for Norton, they have a very dubious CEO and a lot of very dodgy rumours surrounding the company. I hope they manage to survive.

Originally Posted by Mozzbie47

Have you seen the new Norton, Looks like a must have to me, sorry I cant load pictures, you will have to look it up, maybe google.

Seen, and heard it in the flesh and it simply has no bad line anywhere. Sounds fantastic and it goes well, the guy races it at local street races here.

And for a hand built limited edition the price is good, though whether you could even get one in Thai I know not. You seem to have to pay huge premium for imported bikes. Am looking to move in future and that concerns me as I am not ready for a twin 650 which I think is biggest locally made bike. Like power...

Originally Posted by Troy

A big twin is quite a bit to handle...reminds me of my le-mans days. I would prefer it to be a monoshock though...

No it is not. If you are used to full sized bikes this thing would be a doodle at only 205 kg. once moving weight disappears on modern bikes.

I was thinking of the bottom end torque and engine braking rather than handling round bends but it seems the new Norton isn't quite as rough around the edges as the bikes from the late 70's...ie the Guzzi Le Mans I was referring to.

If you were slow on an up-change (especially 1->2 which had a lot of travel) then it was easy to lock the back wheel. Slamming the throttle shut could produce a backfire to burn your jeans and the best speed to keep the bike at was between 70 and 120 mph.