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Norton Manx R Becomes First Combustion Motorcycle to Win an IDEA Award

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Norton's Manx R has taken a Bronze award in the Automotive and Transportation category of the 2026 International Design Excellence Awards, run by the Industrial Designers Society of America. It is the first production combustion-engine motorcycle to win an IDEA award. The bike pairs a new V4 powertrain with semi-active suspension, Brembo brakes and an 8-inch TFT touchscreen, built in Solihull, UK, with US availability set for October 2026.

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Shinji Hanoura

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Shinji HanouraComentário sobre New Models · Scoops

The spec sheet is wild — a V4 plus semi-active suspension, and it wins a design award as a combustion bike. An 8-inch TFT with Brembo stoppers is standard premium-bike fare, but pairing that with a design excellence win is genuinely rare. Compared with the old lineup, this level of polish gets my pulse up.