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They are advertising for development staff and have a manufacturing base in the UK (either Donnington or Solihull from memory) - given the locality I wouldn’t be surprised if a few more people left Triumph and crossed over to Norton (as happened with RE that led to the Himalayan and the 650 twin engine / frame). Whether that production facility is for a production bike or as a development facility will be an interesting question - I suspect it will be the latter with production being done in India / around the world.
The rights to the 961 engine were sold to the Chinese - why they want to buy it I don’t know, presumably they will bring it to market far cheaper than Norton could but whether it is marketed as a Norton is anyone’s guess (but a lawyers delight).
As TVS have spent £16m on the name I suspect that we will see something in the near(ish) future. The website has been updated recently with the new ownership details so there is some activity but whether that activity involves spanners and milling machines remains to be seen.
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