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Complete Restoration of a Black Shadow
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<blockquote data-quote="Cyborg" data-source="post: 127818" data-attributes="member: 3426"><p>vibrac, I can’t imagine there are very many folks that would disagree with you about the Norvin. I would love to have something like that (hopefully well done) from back in the day. No question it was worth preserving.</p><p>While a fairly large number of owners are getting bikes restored to what they and the judges believe is original, I think there will be a reasonable number of bikes remaining that were assembled with sensible modifications that were intended to be ridden. Who knows what’s coming down the pipe and how it will play out as far as Vincents are concerned. I think having a comprehensive and detailed thread about the restoration of a Black Shadow (to original) is of great value for future riders (assuming there are any). MM’s Shadow sounds like it a wonderful unmolested candidate and it would be hard to find a better one if part of the goal is to record how they came from the factory. If the project goes ahead on some sort of forum, I can’t see him escaping without all sorts of sidebar discussions about what sort of “reasonable “ modifications should be considered. The steering stem discussion might even turn into a bloodbath. Whether or not he succumbs to the pressure doesn’t really matter. I’m assuming, based on MM’s previous threads that most if not all modifications will be debated to some degree and future restorers, or riders can decide which path they want to follow.</p><p></p><p>Preserve or not? Sometimes that’s an interesting question. How about this abomination? It’s so bizarre that in a warped way it calls out to be preserved. On the flip side, there is the ocular trauma caused by just looking at it....</p><p>and...just think what could be done with that engine. As for riding it, I can’t decide which is more dangerous.... the front end, or the rear chain.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]37368[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyborg, post: 127818, member: 3426"] vibrac, I can’t imagine there are very many folks that would disagree with you about the Norvin. I would love to have something like that (hopefully well done) from back in the day. No question it was worth preserving. While a fairly large number of owners are getting bikes restored to what they and the judges believe is original, I think there will be a reasonable number of bikes remaining that were assembled with sensible modifications that were intended to be ridden. Who knows what’s coming down the pipe and how it will play out as far as Vincents are concerned. I think having a comprehensive and detailed thread about the restoration of a Black Shadow (to original) is of great value for future riders (assuming there are any). MM’s Shadow sounds like it a wonderful unmolested candidate and it would be hard to find a better one if part of the goal is to record how they came from the factory. If the project goes ahead on some sort of forum, I can’t see him escaping without all sorts of sidebar discussions about what sort of “reasonable “ modifications should be considered. The steering stem discussion might even turn into a bloodbath. Whether or not he succumbs to the pressure doesn’t really matter. I’m assuming, based on MM’s previous threads that most if not all modifications will be debated to some degree and future restorers, or riders can decide which path they want to follow. Preserve or not? Sometimes that’s an interesting question. How about this abomination? It’s so bizarre that in a warped way it calls out to be preserved. On the flip side, there is the ocular trauma caused by just looking at it.... and...just think what could be done with that engine. As for riding it, I can’t decide which is more dangerous.... the front end, or the rear chain. [ATTACH type="full" alt="8AFEC370-893B-4035-8751-2441F4F26286.jpeg"]37368[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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