Talk:Norton Motorcycle Company

message: I've made a start on a tidy up and adding in-line refs but still loads of 'facts' that need proper references Thruxton (talk) 15:42, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite and references 

message: With Triumph motorcycles there are two named companies in Wikipedia, the story of Norton is very similar and should follow the same path.
The new company details are available from Companies House:
http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/9f045535de739212a8d451a2ad52251b/compdetails
It does get tricky as the "old" company name, Norton Motors Ltd still lurches on providing spares for the Rotary bikes and has since merged? with Andover Norton Spares.
However, to keep it in line with current standards, I would suggest splitting the article into two; putting a sentence in the introductory paragraph of the old company about the new bikes, and trimming down the "Replicas and Revival" to point towards the new company.
The "Replica" part should also be updated, as it is not just Commandos which are made. There are a number of companies offering replica Norton Manx motorcycles too:
http://www.manx.co.uk/
http://www.manxnorton.co.uk/index.htm
etc
193.61.104.8 (talk) 11:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maintaining Consistency 

message: Did Dreer actually go into production?
According to MotorCycle News UK, when the concern was bought, the only bikes which had been made were were three prototypes.
194.66.32.10 (talk) 12:24, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dreer production 

message: < This frame was made in-house by AMC and is known as the "slimline" frame >
I'd like to see a reliable citation for this claim. Page 105 of Steve Wilson's 'Norton Motor Cycles' has:
. . . both John Hudson [renowned Norton employee] and Ken Sprayson of Reynolds have confirmed to me that, like all other Featherbeds outside the very first 1950 racers, every slimline was built at Reynolds' Tyseley works. 
86.183.10.80 (talk) 01:46, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slimline frame 

message: The only thing I can find from Norton mentioning the Superblend bearing indicates it is a British Ransome & Marles 6/MRJA30.  According to R&M this is not a standard MRJA30 but a special version of that bearing.  They also indicate the part is still available.  Are you absolutely sure that FAG even makes a 6/MRJA30 instead of a MRJA30 equivalent which would be a slightly different part?68.149.247.130 (talk) 19:55, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  FAG Superblend bearing? 

message: Are we sure about the phrase " but had many reliability issues requiring frequent servicing i.e. changing the primary drive chain every 100 miles."? Did you really have to replace the primary drive every 100 miles? 1000 miles I can believe, although even this figure seems far too frequent. --TrogWoolley (talk) 22:27, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Wankel Engine

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