Im curious how robust the 961 is with its crankshaft, oil feed and big end and main bearings and I imagine its well balanced and the QC seems tip top with CMM and aircraft spec precision with great metals and treatments. You get what you pay for and voming from precision engineering I can see TVS have gone over the top now like Honda did with the VFR750 after the chocolate camshaft hardening being so bad on the original VF750 that was such a bad mark against a great bike company. It seems the quality and problems under Stuart Garner have been redesigned to sort out gremlins and now its the nicest parallel twin out there with character. Its not so expensive when the fit, finish and frame, paint and top notch brakes and rolling chassis is so good. Well done to the workers and TVS. Its a bike thats truely world class and so beautiful.
OK, Triumph looked forward with new designs. Norton has looked back with nostalgia. Triumph is doing well. Norton is doing......not so well. Which Brit brand is most likely to rise from the ashes?
The AI speaker is delighted by torque and horsepower. He is oblivious to weight. Can any of these offerings outhandle the Norton featherbed? I doubt it.
