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Bloor didn't want to do the retro line. He was wrong. I've owned old Nortons and Triumphs, I prefer new Triumphs. For the $ of a new Norton I can have 2 tricked out new Triumphs.



I beg to differ, Mac.

Let's say you purchase a new Bonnie T100 or Thruxton for around $8K which'll put out around 55bhp. Then, in order to match the new Norton's claimed output of 80bhp, you add a big bore kit and hotter cams to the Triumph(and let's say here that you have a shop and not yourself install it all) for an additional $1500. Then, in order for the bike to handle that additional power on the road, you add those Olin shocks and upgraded forks such as those already on the Norton for an additional $1000 to $1500. Then, in order to make it stop a little better, you add those Brembo brakes fore and aft, which once again, such as those on the Norton, for an additional $1000-$1200.

And so, once you're done making your modern Bonnie or Thruxton as powerful, and having as many high-end components attached to it as the Norton has stock, then you'd have an approximate total expenditure of around $13K, and that's still a rather conservative figure there.

And so, yes, that's still somewhere about $5K less than the new Norton, but by my calculations, two "tricked out new Triumphs" which would(or at least "theorically" would) match the performace of the new Nortons, would run ya somewhere around $26,000, and that's still about $8,000 more than the price of one Norton.

Now, my concern with this new Norton would be the issue that this is a totally new design, and you know what they say about staying away from any vehicle's first-year model run, due of course to possible "teething problems" that may surface in them.

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)