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29-01-20, 09:23 PM | #1 |
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Norton in trouble again
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29-01-20, 09:50 PM | #2 |
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Re: Norton in trouble again
I'm not sure they actually made any to sell. A lot of the bikes in production were fictional apparently.
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30-01-20, 12:51 AM | #3 |
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Re: Norton in trouble again
time for triumph to get the pennies out for the patents...
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31-01-20, 04:37 PM | #4 |
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An all too familiar tale of shade and woe I'm afraid. Remember Maxwell, De Lorean, et al.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...ny-and-scandal
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31-01-20, 06:40 PM | #5 |
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Triumph dont need to do anything about Norton. They sorted themselves out 30 years ago and showed the way forward. Someone might learn a few lessons from that and do the same with Norton now but it would need a proper business model and a lot of investment. John Bloor put huge resources into Triumph and didnt see a return for decades,if ever.
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