Chapter 402: Ancient Norton
In the opposite direction of Jiang Xian's view, in Manchester, there was also a person waiting.
Chen Xing went out for a morning run early this morning, and then returned to the boxing room of the villa to boxing for a while, no matter what, he is a boxer, and now he is still an ace boxer in the Dusk Boxing Club, Chen Xing still has the consciousness that he is an employee.
Boxing has long been integrated into his life, regardless of each other.
After the morning exercise, Chen Xing stood at the door of his house wearing an ordinary sportswear, after all, he is no longer a student, and he has no school uniform to wear after graduating from high school.
Chen Xing's hands were in his trouser pockets and leaned against the wooden railing and waited, in the morning in Manchester, next to the nature reserve, Chen Xing breathed in the refreshing morning air and basked in the warm morning light.
Ears gathered information, Chen Xing turned his head to look at the end of the street, a truck was slowly approaching, Chen Xing knew that this was the car he was waiting for.
Chen Xing leaned against the wooden railing and stood upright, his hands pulled out of his trouser pockets, his eyes full of anticipation, like a child waiting for his toy.
This truck did not have letters printed on the truck that Jiang Xian and others were, and there was no pattern on the side of the truck that Chen Xing and others were.
The truck stopped steadily, and the two staff members asked Chen Xing to sign a few words and then transported the things in the container, and there was no need to say anything about what it was.
A heavy machine, of course.
The staff helped Chen Xing remove all the other shelves used to fix them, let the heavy machine stop in front of Chen Xing, and the truck drove away.
Chen Xing rubbed his hands and touched the new car directly, the pitch-black body, and some parts are silver-white, mainly black, and the black and white color makes this car have a low-key and not domineering appearance.
A row of small letters in English is engraved in the parking space, which is exactly the manufacturer number of this car.
It can be said that even Chen Xing himself never thought that he would ride this car on the Isle of Man TT, and he can only say that things in the world are really unpredictable.
Chen Xing took out a wrench from his trouser pocket and patted it on his hand, looking at his new car.
"Norton?" A rough voice sounded beside Chen Xing, Chen Xing was not surprised, he had already heard footsteps coming, although this is a villa area, there are not many people walking on the road, but Chen Xing can't care who walks on this road.
Hearing the voice in his ear, Chen Xing felt a little familiar, and after a little thought, he remembered that the voice of the blonde girl named Percy yesterday was not this voice.
Chen Xing turned his head and saw the man standing beside him, the man had a beard and short red hair, which made the man look energetic, and the beard did not make the man look messy, the tidying up was okay, the man was wearing a vest and shirt, it looked like the kind of dress you can often see in a roadside bar.
What made Chen Xing a little curious was that the man's hair and beard were red.
It's not dyed, it's red.
The other party is obviously the father of the girl yesterday, and the man's deep eyes can see that he should be quite handsome when he is young, and his face is somewhat similar to the blonde girl yesterday.
"It's rare to see this sign now. The red-haired man looked at the black heavy machine in front of Chen Xing, and stroked the red beard of his chin with his hand as he watched.
"It's rare. Chen Xing nodded, isn't that rare.
It can be said that many people have heard of the "Norton" motorcycle brand, but very few people have seen its actual car so far.
The reason is simple, because the Norton brand has been discontinued for twenty-six years.
Twenty-six years, what a concept, twenty-six years can easily make a well-known motorcycle brand disappear.
That's the case with Norton, but even after 26 years of discontinuation, it still doesn't mean that it is one of the three major motorcycle brands in the UK and can be called one of the oldest motorcycle brands in the world.
Chen Xingben had only heard of Norton, and it wasn't until he was preparing for the Isle of Man TT that Chen Xing began to learn about the motorcycle brand.
The Isle of Man TT, which is followed by riders all over the world, is naturally the top priority in the eyes of these top supercar motorcycle brands, and the winner of the Isle of Man TT race is riding their brand's car.
What kind of impact will this have?
Top brands, supercars, top drivers, these three are closely related.
The fact that the top drivers don't participate in the Isle of Man TT for prize money doesn't mean they don't need the support and sponsorship of the manufacturers, so these top drivers run through all Isle of Man TT races.
By far the five best-performing manufacturers in the history of the Isle of Man TT.
From first to fifth, they are: Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Norton, Kawasaki.
It can be seen that four of the top five seats are occupied by the four major Japanese manufacturers, and only the fourth is the ancient British brand.
Norton.
Norton's fourth-place position was entirely due to the championship it won decades ago, and it can be said that it was a strong contender for the title until the 70s of the last century.
But the world is very fair, the founder of the "Norton" brand Norton himself is a good engineer, but not a good businessman, and the gap between it on the field and in business is like a prince and a beggar.
In the end, Norton was discontinued, and it was not revived again until the nineties of the last century, and it is still on this path.
Chen Xingben didn't think about this brand, but Luo Qinghe called him some time ago, saying that there was a car factory willing to talk to him, so he had this Norton sports car.
The other party hopes that Chen Xing's reputation will bring them a little positive impact in Asia, and is willing to provide this car and subsequent services at a very low price, and help Chen Xing complete this Isle of Man TT race by the way.
After understanding the configuration of the car arranged for him by the other party, Chen Xing and Norton reached a consensus.
However, it is clear that it is not a good choice to use a Norton car to participate in the Isle of Man TT now, although it is the fourth largest car factory in the Isle of Man TT overall, but it was not what it is now.
It is still on the road to recovery, and it is not at all the opponent of the four major Japanese manufacturers, far behind.
This is also the reason why it came to Chen Xing, the boxing champion, Chen Xing is a boxing champion, and it is of course rare for a boxing champion to participate in the Isle of Man TT, after all, the Isle of Man TT is not a casual motorcycle enthusiast can participate in the competition, but after all, that's it.
They believe that Chen Xing's ultimate goal is to complete the entire Isle of Man, and this goal alone is enough for this boxing champion to work hard.
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