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Norton Manx R Becomes First ICE Sports Bike to Win an IDEA Award, Taking Bronze at 2026 Ceremony

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Norton's new Manx R has won Bronze at the 2026 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), the first combustion-engined production sports motorcycle to receive the honor. The flagship model packs an all-new V4 engine and semi-active suspension, and will go on sale in the US from October 2026 alongside the Atlas adventure bike.

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Shinji Hanoura

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Look at the spec sheet — an all-new V4, semi-active suspension, an 8-inch TFT, and it wins an IDEA award for its styling on top of that. My pulse is up. Combustion-engined sports bikes almost never take design awards, and this shape keeps traces of the old model while stripping everything else down. That's the good part.