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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Complete Restoration of a Black Shadow
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<blockquote data-quote="vibrac" data-source="post: 127801" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>Some time ago I was peripheral to a bike that had been sent to a shop from vendors with the instruction "just get this bike running" It was a norvin that had not been touched since 1960 huge GP carbs sticking out the side clipons racing seat, capricious five gallon tank alloy rims and amazingly no checker tape . A cafe racer straight from the Busy Bee it was returned to the vendor in a running state (it just needed ignition carbs and fuel )</p><p>Now that bike in my opinion should have stayed in that mode it was worth preserving it wasn't a factory clone, following a pattern whos minuti are lost in the midst of time but it was a real sample of life back then. Yes after all those years it wanted a engine rebuild and parts checked but I happen to know that it went back to the vendors was sold on jazzed up into a modern rendition of a norvin and I expect went wrong.</p><p>These old Vincents have been around over a mans lifetime some iterations are worth preserving (the fast lady Glitter guts.Vinny long legs Et al), It makes me sad to think they will all be boiled back to standard to look like that collection in the shed at Stevenage in 1950 odd, waiting for the Receiver to suggest the price is dropped so someone will buy them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vibrac, post: 127801, member: 60"] Some time ago I was peripheral to a bike that had been sent to a shop from vendors with the instruction "just get this bike running" It was a norvin that had not been touched since 1960 huge GP carbs sticking out the side clipons racing seat, capricious five gallon tank alloy rims and amazingly no checker tape . A cafe racer straight from the Busy Bee it was returned to the vendor in a running state (it just needed ignition carbs and fuel ) Now that bike in my opinion should have stayed in that mode it was worth preserving it wasn't a factory clone, following a pattern whos minuti are lost in the midst of time but it was a real sample of life back then. Yes after all those years it wanted a engine rebuild and parts checked but I happen to know that it went back to the vendors was sold on jazzed up into a modern rendition of a norvin and I expect went wrong. These old Vincents have been around over a mans lifetime some iterations are worth preserving (the fast lady Glitter guts.Vinny long legs Et al), It makes me sad to think they will all be boiled back to standard to look like that collection in the shed at Stevenage in 1950 odd, waiting for the Receiver to suggest the price is dropped so someone will buy them. [/QUOTE]
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