The Spares Company
Club Shop/Regalia
Parent Website
Contact Officials
Machine Registrar
Club Secretary
Membership Secretaries
MPH Editor and Forum Administrator.
Section Newsletters
Technical Databases
Photos
Home
What's new
Latest activity
Forums
New posts
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Information
Bike Modifications
Machine Data Services
Manufacturers Manuals
Spare Parts Listings
Technical Diagrams
Whitakerpedia (Vincent Wiki)
The Club
MPH Material Archive
Flogger's Corner
Obituaries
VOC Sections
Local Sections
Local Section Newsletters
Miscellaneous
Club Assets
Club History
Club Rules
Machine Data Services
Meeting Documents
Miscellaneous
Essential Reading
Magazine/Newspaper Articles/Letters
Adverts and Sales Brochures
The Mighty Garage Videos
Bikes For Sale (Spares Company)
Log in
Register
What's new
New posts
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Forums: Public Access
General Chat (Vincent Related)
5 Speed Gearbox
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="dave g6xnc" data-source="post: 477" data-attributes="member: 2729"><p><strong>Kapitain</strong></p><p></p><p>Glad to hear that the comet (best bike vincentents made) is going strong and that it showed the posers the way home!. Front brakes, this is poorly described in nrichardsons bible, but the way is; Lie on the ground in front of the bike(if you havent a lift) and look at the cam arms on (the brake operating arms) get someone to apply the front brake. Now, you are looking at the brakes in the applied position and the arms must be paralell looking at them from the front. Now look at the arms from the side the angle should still be less than 90 degrees, if not, the arms must be slackend off and adjusted</p><p>unit till THEY ARE PARALELL IN THE APPLIED POSITION. Dosent matter if their out of line in the "off" position but they MUST be paralelell when applied. If you cannot get them to align correctley remove the arms and also the serrated disc that the arm bolts against turn this 90 degrees and try again.</p><p>This is abit fiddly but belive me you will notice the difference if you've done it</p><p>correctly, I only figured it out after quite a lot of experinting and have always reckond this to be a good way of determining someones knowledge of vincents. If the lever comes back to the bars or twin pulls are installed they've missed the boat, so, try it and be carefull when testing, 'cos vincent brakes DO WORK. ( better than BMW's). Gear box, have you tried altering the overaul gearing?, I fitted an amc norton box to my comet for racing</p><p>This is not a five minute jod an e ntails machining away the inner chain case behind the clutch (to take an amc unit) all very good as you could then possibly get a Rod quafe five peed conversion for it. I appreciate this is the ravings of an old fart regarding gear boxes but this would seem to be the right direction as moxt (all?) Jap gear boxs are unit contruction with common</p><p>oil supply (no chopping jobs) The brake adjusting will work but you must take tyour time , remember Vincents are engineers machines. ( thats why I love my BMW tractor (1150GS) it aint!), lights are crap so are the brakes!.</p><p>Good luck withit.</p><p>dave gs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dave g6xnc, post: 477, member: 2729"] [b]Kapitain[/b] Glad to hear that the comet (best bike vincentents made) is going strong and that it showed the posers the way home!. Front brakes, this is poorly described in nrichardsons bible, but the way is; Lie on the ground in front of the bike(if you havent a lift) and look at the cam arms on (the brake operating arms) get someone to apply the front brake. Now, you are looking at the brakes in the applied position and the arms must be paralell looking at them from the front. Now look at the arms from the side the angle should still be less than 90 degrees, if not, the arms must be slackend off and adjusted unit till THEY ARE PARALELL IN THE APPLIED POSITION. Dosent matter if their out of line in the "off" position but they MUST be paralelell when applied. If you cannot get them to align correctley remove the arms and also the serrated disc that the arm bolts against turn this 90 degrees and try again. This is abit fiddly but belive me you will notice the difference if you've done it correctly, I only figured it out after quite a lot of experinting and have always reckond this to be a good way of determining someones knowledge of vincents. If the lever comes back to the bars or twin pulls are installed they've missed the boat, so, try it and be carefull when testing, 'cos vincent brakes DO WORK. ( better than BMW's). Gear box, have you tried altering the overaul gearing?, I fitted an amc norton box to my comet for racing This is not a five minute jod an e ntails machining away the inner chain case behind the clutch (to take an amc unit) all very good as you could then possibly get a Rod quafe five peed conversion for it. I appreciate this is the ravings of an old fart regarding gear boxes but this would seem to be the right direction as moxt (all?) Jap gear boxs are unit contruction with common oil supply (no chopping jobs) The brake adjusting will work but you must take tyour time , remember Vincents are engineers machines. ( thats why I love my BMW tractor (1150GS) it aint!), lights are crap so are the brakes!. Good luck withit. dave gs. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
What was Mr Irving's Christian Name?
Post reply
Home
Forums
Forums: Public Access
General Chat (Vincent Related)
5 Speed Gearbox
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…
Top