The production-spec Norton V4 RR is simply stunning
Norton have finally unveiled the production-spec V4 RR and its looks fabulous. As it should, because it?s priced at all of £28,000 (US$35,000). For all that money, you get a motorcycle that?s powered by a DOHC 16-valve 1200cc liquid-cooled fuel-injected V4, which produces more than 200 horsepower at 12,500rpm and 130Nm of torque at 10,000rpm. Yes, the engine is Euro 4-compliant if you were really worried about that. And the bike?s been developed at the Isle of Man, so the handling is likely to be brilliant.

If you can look away from its beautiful bodywork and peer under its skin for a minute, you?ll see that the Norton V4 RR is a very high-tech machine ? there?s things like full ride-by-wire throttle management, constantly variable inlet tracts and 8-fuel injectors, 7-inch full-colour HD display for the digital instrument panel, three riding modes (road, track and pro-race), electronic quickshifter, auto blipper, fully adjustable traction control with 6-axis IMU, wheelie control, launch control, cruise control and full data-logging capability including lap times, max lean angle, max speed, max throttle and max braking force.
If that wasn?t enough already, there?s also a keyless ignition system, full LED lighting and an aluminium twin tube ?shotgun? chassis that uses the V4 engine as a stressed member. The chassis is, in fact, fully adjustable, including the swingarm pivot and front fork rake angle. The brace...