Norton Nemesis - Sneak Preview

Jeff Stone is in Rochdale visiting the MCD plant where the development of Norton bikes are made. Jeff speaks to Al Melling who tells how the Norton brand was saved by American investors and now it's looking to get back to the top with their new range of motorbike engines. Plus we get a sneak preview of what's going to be on offer from Norton in the near future.
Original Air Date: 22/11/1998
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[@31144]

Has Allen Millyard seen this ? Seeing as he's currently rebuilding that engine

[@MrWaynetolson]

It’s the smaller engine that went in the Spondon frame, not the v8 Allan’s putting right.

[@MrPnew1]

@@MrWaynetolson yes Allen is restoring the V8

[@michelguevara151]

he's rebuilding professionally what they built as amateurs none of this is new stuff

[@ShockerRocker777]

You can see how we practically designed and built the world we live in to day, down to brilliant designers and inventors, engineers etc. This bike could have changed the biking world.... I can only imagine what this bike would be like to day, had it went through its evolution....Engineering Genius at its best!

[@IcenI_Koi]

SCRAP !

[@vssjim4311]

Quite the opposite... Was THE worst "so called" Norton ever built, it's a bag of shit, absolute terrible design, abortion of a thing

[@chrism-e]

Allen Millyard has got it running on ITV4's motorbike show, Henry Cole going to attempt V8 LSR

[@danielduke5059]

So much has changed since these days its amazing what we could have done back in the day, but unfortunately it was all about the money at the time, so many British projects got lifted just before they became great producers due to the guys higher up thinking about the cost to develop further such a shame! I would love to see this thing rekindled and yes arojnd the 30k mark with the power they say it could make and the front end and rear end designs put into it and modern engine design i think they could easily roll out 300 a year

[@hughjaanus6680]

I remember reading about this bike in MCN, a transit van towed it to start it.......................

[@moriwaki1105]

Its in the Motorbike Museum at Birmingham.....

[@semen_retaining_mandingo4309]

At least the BMW inline six motorcycle was real...this was a super ambitious project that came a cropper

[@ekspatriat]

Many years after the Benelli and Honda 6's were already real. (Benelli was a rip of the Honda CB 500 four with 2 extras tacked on)

[@magna59]

Lovely piece of work .......... great castings . Why sod about with carbon fibre ? ........ and if the bloke goes down the pub on a Sunday , it may be hoped he'll stuffs it in a hedge on the way home & have to buy another one ?

[@Quarterphase]

took a little research,but I discovered the timeframe for this video is circa 1998

[@donren5332]

yeah i still have the original article about this bike. i was 4 years old i was amazed by it... first and only time i've heard about norton from 1998 untill 2012. than i found my old motorcycle magazines from my childhood and there was norton nemesis..

[@omkarmhatre1751]

@@donren5332 can you send the link of that article to me, I would love to read more about this motorcycle.

[@donren5332]

@@omkarmhatre1751 there are no links. it was a magazine article in the 1998 automotosport magazine from croatia. it was on cover. i have it home in croatia but i think its ruined in the shed by now. if i find when i go on vaccation i'll send you the photos so you can read it.

[@omkarmhatre1751]

@@donren5332 Oh, got it and thank you for the kind gesture 😁

[@sheene71]

accountants that rule it nowadays

[@NICOLAI_VET]

Enter Allen Millyard.... 😂

[@user-tf2lf1tx4h]

The march 750 super bike existed I take it they ran out of funds

[@bristolfashion4421]

I feel topiary has advanced since the date of this…

[@Deebemc]

As usual, over enthusiastic adherence to a legendary name, coupled with a 'difficult' motor engineering genius......it ended in tears. John Bloors pragmatic approach was always preferable.

[@jerrettmartin]

This guy is talking about all the stuff it does, but it never did anything. Some people in the motorcycle world talk about it, others are about it. With the correct approach, any of these classic British motorcycle names could be brought back as viable companies making sensible product, instead do nothing assholes waste money and never create a worthy end product.

[@chrisbraid2907]

They need a leader with a mind like Elon Musk, no money problems and a passion for British Motorcycles … (definitely NOT Elon Musk ) and maybe you would see the return of the great British Motorcycle !

[@shauntaylor9251]

@@chrisbraid2907 The marques are nearly all owned by Indian companies these days . BSA are back , seen one being ridden near me