Wow - breaking news regarding Norton motorcycles - they have shut their doors and have gone into receivership. Stuart Garner, them and behind Norton's resurrection, is on the run, sought by authorities for a number of crimes relating to Norton's financial difficulties. This is for all the world looking like an elaborate scheme through which he duped investors, buyers, and employees. He's emptied the pension fund, disappeared with investors' money, hasn't paid employees for months, and on and on.
Worse yet, while employees were raising the red flags, it appears some prominent motorcycle publications were running cover for Mr. Garner, continuing to paint a rose picture for Norton, even in the face of what they were hearing from employees and investors. There is even talk of bribes paid to those publications to keep the story alive.
There is not much out there right now, but I did find this:
https://www.visordown.com/features/general/toad-talks-why-you-shouldn’t-believe-all-you-read-paper