NORTON MOTORCYCLES ENTERS ADMINISTRATION
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supported version of Aprilia's three-time World
Superbike champion RSV4 motor, with Brookes
finishing fifth in the 2018 Senior TT with a best lap
of 131.745 mph.
IITHE MODELS THAT
NEVER CAME
As promised, at the Birmingham NEC Show in
November 2016, Norton launched its limited edi-
tion (200-off) V4 SS and series production V4 RR,
the first all-British hypersports road bike ever to
reach the marketplace, powered by its own Euro 4
compliant liquid-cooled 16-valve 72° V4 engine with
chain-driven DOHC producing over 200 bhp.
This was installed in a chassis design closely de-
rived from the SG6 IOMTT racer's, and was mostly
self-developed by Norton at Donington Hall, after
an initial collaboration with leading design consul-
tants Ricardo was terminated.
Nortons sit in the factory, awaiting completion.
IIBACK TO THE ISLE OF MAN
Moreover, coinciding with the move to Donington
Hall, Garner took Norton racing again for the first
time in two decades, by entering the Isle of Man TT
precisely 20 years after Steve Hislop's legendary
Senior TT win on the Norton NRS588 rotary. To do
so, he employed a 1000cc Aprilia RSV4 Superbike
motor in a specially built Norton frame constructed
by Spondon, the legendary frame specialist located
in nearby Derby, which he had acquired in the
meantime. The SG1 Norton racer was presented as
the first step towards creating a range of modern
1200cc V4 Norton models and involved returning to
the Isle of Man six years running to race in the TT,
with Aussie riders David Johnson and Josh Brookes
both lapping the 37¾-mile TT Course at over
130 mph in 2017. This resulted in top 10 finishes for
each rider in both the Superbike TT and Senior TT
races on the Norton SG6 racebike, using a factory-
