Even at 180mph, the Key to Success Is to Take Things Slowly ; Next Month, the First Norton Road Bike for Over a Decade Will Be Made in Britain. Oliver Astley Visits Donington Park to Meet Stuart Garner, the Man Determined to Succeed in Resurrecting the Historic Norton Brand Where so Many Others Have Failed.

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A LAPSE of concentration or a careless touch of the brake would have sent the managing director of Norton Motorcycles skidding across the Bonneville salt flats in Utah at over 170mph.

It is hard to imagine the head of any other motorcycle manufacturer so determined to find out just what their bikes can do, but that is exactly what Stuart Garner did.

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Even at 180mph, the Key to Success Is to Take Things Slowly ; Next Month, the First Norton Road Bike for Over a Decade Will Be Made in Britain. Oliver Astley Visits Donington Park to Meet Stuart Garner, the Man Determined to Succeed in Resurrecting the Historic Norton Brand Where so Many Others Have Failed.

The 180mph he clocked up was, he claims, the fastest anyone had ever been on a rotary motorcycle - an experience he describes as terrifying.

"The salt flats have a reputation for being the best surface to find out how fast your bike can go," said Stuart.

"I...

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