The Norton Manx R is probably the most highly anticipated motorcycle of 2026, and Norton has just dropped the details we've been waiting for. It's the first model to launch under Norton Resurgence as part of TVS Motor Company(TVS), and the brand's flagship superbike. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that I'll be testing it later this week in Spain. Until then, see if these specs could make you part with the cash to pay this bike's fairly astronomical asking price.
Starting where all superbikes are made or broken: the engine. Powering the Manx R is an all-new 72-degree V4 1200cc powertrain producing 206 bhp at 11,500 rpm. It's strange to say that a 200-plus hp bike is underpowered, but compared to all of its competitors, it is. Peak horsepower isn't the award Norton wants to win with the Manx R. The ethos of this model is usable power, and you get that through torque.
The Manx R delivers 96 lb-ft of torque at 9,000 rpm with 75% available from just 5,000 rpm. That's the most torque available from basically any bike in this class, including models from Ducati, Aprilia, and BMW. Norton isn't trying to be the outright fastest superbike, and that's also evidenced by the fact it's the heaviest bike in the class, weighing in at 463 lbs wet, but without fuel.
