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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 33447" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>Steve,</p><p></p><p>Left to right: Coburn, Don Jones, and the rider John Clark. </p><p></p><p>Don Jones was an incredibly talented but mercurial mechanic. John was a great rider and is featured at speed in the Gold Portfolio on this bike. The bike is 3407 as I bought it. The tank ufm, and crank cases were off Don's Comet sidecar rig as there were several leaks in the original tanks from crashes and the bearings had walked out of the Flash cases. It was a good thing. They were red lining at 8300 rpm to stay competitive and the connecting rod broke. The Flash parts were being repaired so they were fine.</p><p></p><p>John was a great rider and is now running a machine shop in New York. After John raced the Flash, he raced in England for a few years. He and his brother-in-law raced Comets and I understand they did a good job. I would be interested if anyone remembers. John's bike was purchased by Team Obsolete and I think that Dave Roper rode it in the U.S. at least once. The link to John's Red Flash is:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.teamobsolete.com/shop/vincent/vincent.html" target="_blank">http://www.teamobsolete.com/shop/vincent/vincent.html</a></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/CoburnBenson-Flash.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The photo was taken at Merimack Motorcycle Sales (Coburn's dealership) which was at 125 River Street, Haverhill, MA USA </p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 33447, member: 1177"] Steve, Left to right: Coburn, Don Jones, and the rider John Clark. Don Jones was an incredibly talented but mercurial mechanic. John was a great rider and is featured at speed in the Gold Portfolio on this bike. The bike is 3407 as I bought it. The tank ufm, and crank cases were off Don's Comet sidecar rig as there were several leaks in the original tanks from crashes and the bearings had walked out of the Flash cases. It was a good thing. They were red lining at 8300 rpm to stay competitive and the connecting rod broke. The Flash parts were being repaired so they were fine. John was a great rider and is now running a machine shop in New York. After John raced the Flash, he raced in England for a few years. He and his brother-in-law raced Comets and I understand they did a good job. I would be interested if anyone remembers. John's bike was purchased by Team Obsolete and I think that Dave Roper rode it in the U.S. at least once. The link to John's Red Flash is: [URL]http://www.teamobsolete.com/shop/vincent/vincent.html[/URL] [IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af300/daviddunfey/CoburnBenson-Flash.jpg[/IMG] The photo was taken at Merimack Motorcycle Sales (Coburn's dealership) which was at 125 River Street, Haverhill, MA USA David [/QUOTE]
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