Norton V4SV

[ChrisW]

What's going on at the front of the seat? Is that a cap to something or just the tank mounting or what?

It's got an under-seat fuel tank - but that's surely not the fuel filler..??

[Taipan]

They've R6'd it!

[Taipan]

[JackyJoll]

What's going on at the front of the seat? Is that a cap to something or just the tank mounting or what?

Maybe a styling reference to Manx Norton seats with oil filler cutaway.



Never seen one with the filler sticking up proud though.

[Pgm]

Reminds me of the old 955i triumph Daytona.
Bloke I know has one of the first ones, he’d put deposits on 2 of them, they’re offering to swap it for the latest one but he won’t as recons it’ll be more collectible.
Cost to insure is £8k but he won’t ride it as there’ll be no parts to replace them with if he bins it.

[The Spin Doctor]

Especially when your £44k doesn't actually translate into a bike.

Am I right in thinking the new company is going to honour the previous orders that had went tits up? I thought I had heard that but I might be completely wrong.

I heard that was originally the plan,then the new owners realised how much that 'honour' would cost and got cold feet.

I believe that the receiver had enough money from the sale of Norton to TVS Motor to cover the lost deposits and up front payments so I don't think anyone went out of pocket.

The problem lies with the bikes that WERE delivered, and turned out to have so many faults as to be unfixable and were condemned as unsafe to ride. I think Norton / TVS Motor have offered a significant discount on a new bike to owners.