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Does anyone offer rides on a vincent black lightning
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<blockquote data-quote="Ducdude" data-source="post: 20815" data-attributes="member: 2077"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Anything is possible Buzz.....But my Shadow may not be the best to compare with....The motor has not been rebuilt and so it remains as it was in 1952...She only has 7500 miles on her and the compression is quite good with 150psi+/-6psi in each cylinder...I just finished 6 months going over her a few weeks ago prior to which she sat abandoned in a basement for 40 years...I have yet to get her out on the road to dial her in. I think the 32mm carbs a tad rich with the 210 jets but with out a good running on the highway for an hour or so there really is no sense in changing anything ...She has Thornton suspension front and rear and a BTH mag so I am sure she will feel differently then a bike not so fitted...Like I said anything is possible..</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Eric</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ducdude, post: 20815, member: 2077"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Anything is possible Buzz.....But my Shadow may not be the best to compare with....The motor has not been rebuilt and so it remains as it was in 1952...She only has 7500 miles on her and the compression is quite good with 150psi+/-6psi in each cylinder...I just finished 6 months going over her a few weeks ago prior to which she sat abandoned in a basement for 40 years...I have yet to get her out on the road to dial her in. I think the 32mm carbs a tad rich with the 210 jets but with out a good running on the highway for an hour or so there really is no sense in changing anything ...She has Thornton suspension front and rear and a BTH mag so I am sure she will feel differently then a bike not so fitted...Like I said anything is possible..[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Eric[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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