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Norton's Aprilia-based TT bike

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NORTON has revealed the bike it will race at this year's TT – a Spondon-framed special running an Aprilia RSV4 engine.

Although the British firm originally had plans to make its own MotoGP machine, complete with bespoke V4 engine and FTR chassis, and also hoped to race the same bike at the TT, the reality is somewhat less ambitious. An off-the-shelf Aprilia engine, not dissimilar to the kit used in CRT GP bikes, has been bolted to a Spondon-made chassis and will be ridden this year by Ian Mackman. READ ON 

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