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Travman

January 11, 2011, 05:01:43 PM
Pierre Terblanche Joins Norton Motorcycles - January 1, 2011.

http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/news/view.php?id=1185

I wonder if this means they will be having more models soon?

krolik

#1
January 11, 2011, 08:23:44 PM
Maybe, but I bet the Norton "purists" will hate whatever he comes up with. ;D
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Turf

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January 11, 2011, 09:05:37 PM
Quote from: krolik on January 11, 2011, 08:23:44 PM
Maybe, but I bet the Norton "purists" will hate whatever he comes up with. ;D

doesn't matter, they'll never find out as their all stuck on the side of the road somewhere trying to make gaskets out of ductape and don't own cell phones.  ;D
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#3
January 12, 2011, 07:46:47 AM
Did we ever like anything he came up with?
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January 12, 2011, 07:52:30 AM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 12, 2011, 07:46:47 AM
Did we ever like anything he came up with?


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jerryz

#5
January 12, 2011, 07:57:49 AM
Thats worrying .....he is talented but unstable ......some of his work is great but some is plain aweful like the SS series makeover ..a total Fugly disaster area.

Travman

#6
January 12, 2011, 08:25:46 AM
Perhaps Norton will use Terblanche to design some concepts bikes like he did for Moto Guzzi last year.  I doubt any of those Guzzi concepts will ever be put to use.  Probably nothing will come of this partnership with Norton too.

derby

#7
January 12, 2011, 09:08:37 AM
Quote from: jerryz on January 12, 2011, 07:57:49 AM
Thats worrying .....he is talented but unstable ......some of his work is great but some is plain aweful like the SS series makeover ..a total Fugly disaster area.

the ss series "style" is pretty much the supermono.

the superbike and multistrada are the two that he usually gets reamed for.
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Turf

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January 12, 2011, 09:17:37 AM
Quote from: derby on January 12, 2011, 09:08:37 AM
the ss series "style" is pretty much the supermono.

the superbike and multistrada are the two that he usually gets reamed for.

used to get reamed for the SBK, everyone loves it now.
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#9
January 12, 2011, 09:23:12 AM
Everyone bags on Terblanche...but is he any worse than who is designing their motos now? I think he was much better. Ducati's latest models aren't the prettiest. The current SBK is good looking, but other than that...

The Sport Classic series, MH900, Supermono, Hypermotard...all Terblanche. The 749/999 killed his reputation with Ducati fans. The MTS was ugly, but it was highly functional...and all bikes in that category are ugly.

the_Journeyman

#10
January 12, 2011, 12:31:26 PM
I liked a lot of his designs.  I'm still not a fan of the 749/999 or Multistrada, but like Triple says, nothing in that category is very pretty.

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#11
January 12, 2011, 12:52:08 PM
Quote from: akmnstr on January 12, 2011, 07:46:47 AM
Did we ever like anything he came up with?

I rather like the 999 based bikes for WSBK.

it is just something about the headlights that turns me off. 



Also, I like the idea of the Supermono, but don't love the fairing from the SS.

But take the headlights off the 999/749 and you have a sexy bike.
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January 12, 2011, 01:06:35 PM
Quote from: Turf on January 12, 2011, 09:17:37 AM
used to get reamed for the SBK, everyone a few people loves it now.

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#13
January 12, 2011, 01:12:19 PM
Really like the Sport Classics.  Love the 749/999 too, though I didn't at first.  Now, it looks so exotic to me, very Italian.  Think the Multistrada was designed for function more than looks.  Don't like it.  Speaking of Norton, why do they only have one dealer in the US, and why is that dealers address a P.O. box?
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#14
January 12, 2011, 01:19:07 PM
That PO box in CT is listed as the US distributor.

Maybe the bikes haven't been EPA approved?
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