The 2023 Bike Shed London Moto Show took place from Friday, May 26 through Sunday, May 28 at the historic London Tobacco Dock. Norton Motorcycles chose to reveal the production version of its V4CR to the world for the first time at the party. It’s the first bike that the current iteration of Norton has built from the ground up, which makes it of particular interest.
At the end of 2021, Norton first showed off its V4CR Prototype at that year’s Motorcycle Live show, giving an important glimpse into the direction in which the new management would be headed. Derived from what Norton learned in crafting the V4SV, the V4CR shares the same liquid-cooled, 72-degree, 1200cc V4 engine that powers the V4SV. It makes a claimed 185 brake horsepower at 12,500 rpm, as well as 125 newton-meters (about 92.19 pound-feet) of torque at 9,000 rpm. Bore and stroke are 82mm x 56.8mm.
