Rendering of Norton’s upcoming V4 200 BHP Superbike

Norton, the legendary British bike maker, is set to unveil their very first production V4 Superbike which is said to produce 200 BHP at crank.

The renderings of the motorcycle show a radical design and something similar to Norton’s Isle of Man TT race bike. However, while the company’s IOM TT bike uses the Aprilia RSV4 engine, the upcoming Superbike will be powered by a V4 engine developed with Sussex based Ricardo Engineering.

Simon Skinner, Norton’s Design Head, has this to say, “The UK turns out some fantastic design and engineering projects at the moment. The Mclaren P1, Aston 177, and of course all F1 cars are right up there so the design quality is paramount. At the minute we need to think Ducati, think Ferrari, think Norton, think Aston Martin… If you imagine your R1 is your Nissan GT-R and the bloke gets his brochure and turns to the back page to look at the spec list, the bloke who buys the Aston just sits there looking at the cover and thinks ‘f**k me, what a beautiful car”

Norton is aiming the said motorcycle against the Ducati Panigale 1299 and they will possibly have a higher-end model with more trick parts. It will be a limited production as per the current plan and a total of 200 will be made. Also, there’s a plan to introduce a “standard” model of the same motorcycle as well.

Keep watching this space for more updates.

News source: Cycleworld