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Boasting 84hp from a 650 twin could the upcoming Norton Atlas be a rational choice for an adventure bike? Very few details as yet and only glimpses of what it will look like:

https://nortonmotorcycles.com/range/atlas/
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Boasting 84hp from a 650 twin could the upcoming Norton Atlas be a rational choice for an adventure bike? Very few details as yet and only glimpses of what it will look like:

https://nortonmotorcycles.com/range/atlas/
Beautiful yes, rational? The jury is still out on that one I think. Wait and see...I can see Belstaff clad gentleman and gentle lady explorers owning one, maybe not the Klim owners, maybe I am wrong, but always glad to see a new bike.
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This was announced in 2018 & supposed to be available in 2019, then they went bust.

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Blimey, riding off into the distance on a Norton 650. I never thought I'd hear those words put together in a sentence again. It feels like I've been transported back 50yrs in some sort of time machine. Back then you'd most likely grind to a halt in a puddle of oil before you got very far, but at least that would be an improvement over buying a Norton these days where you pay your money and the bike never even turns up from the factory.

The byzantine complexity of Norton's 'business model' in recent years may be something the tax authorities are still strugging with, but given their smoke and mirrors track record over the last decade, that bike looks like it ought to be named the Norton Caveat Emptor. Without looking it up I have no idea whether Norton are a. still going in the UK, b. bust with the factory gutted and all the parts sold off c. ticking along while the receiver tries to recover some/any money from some minimal level of activity. d. sold to the Chinese. e. all or none of those. Personally I'd be waiting to see stock in showrooms before even looking twice.
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The new company that arose from the “complex” ownership structure until 2020 is owned by the Indian conglomerate TVS. It would be good to think that they could do something as well as has been done by Royal Enfield.
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The new company that arose from the “complex” ownership structure until 2020 is owned by the Indian conglomerate TVS. It would be good to think that they could do something as well as has been done by Royal Enfield.
Ok, right. hmm, Indian. I never would have guessed. Probably been at least three months since I last wondered what was happening at Norton So what's happened to the Chinese connection? Didn't they buy the rights to the 961 or something, or was that the right to buy a 961 (like a stock market future).

So is anything happening under Indian management? If the plan is to 'do an R.E.' you'd have thought they'd be more likely to put the old Commando back into production It's all too complicated for me; I tend to prefer my bike manufacturers to actually be producing bikes (said the owner of a CCM!).

There's obviously still value in the name (amazingly) and if someone (anyone) can put something into production that has to be welcomed. But please not another company producing 'craftsman made' bespoke one off's for the 'discerning gentleman' (Brough, Ariel etc).
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