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<blockquote data-quote="Peter Holmes" data-source="post: 177235" data-attributes="member: 302"><p>Vic, I do not think there is any doubt that you are a brilliant engineer, and your analysis and solutions to the perceived design flaws of the Vincent motorcycle are always interesting and informative.</p><p></p><p>My point being that Ben Kingham (and Tim) are also doing something quite remarkable on the track with a Vincent Black Shadow, Ben competes with the very best that Classic racing has to offer, and often wins.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how many gears Ben is running, 4 or 5, certainly not as many as a Suzuki RK67 that ran 14 gears to keep it in a very narrow power band, but whatever Ben is running, I would imagine that even with the abundance of torque that Ben has at his disposal, he is still having to make plenty of gear changes to compete with the opposition, with no margin for false neutrals or missed gears, so despite your reservations with regards to the efficacy of his modifications, they appear to function reliably, and exceedingly well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Peter Holmes, post: 177235, member: 302"] Vic, I do not think there is any doubt that you are a brilliant engineer, and your analysis and solutions to the perceived design flaws of the Vincent motorcycle are always interesting and informative. My point being that Ben Kingham (and Tim) are also doing something quite remarkable on the track with a Vincent Black Shadow, Ben competes with the very best that Classic racing has to offer, and often wins. I don't know how many gears Ben is running, 4 or 5, certainly not as many as a Suzuki RK67 that ran 14 gears to keep it in a very narrow power band, but whatever Ben is running, I would imagine that even with the abundance of torque that Ben has at his disposal, he is still having to make plenty of gear changes to compete with the opposition, with no margin for false neutrals or missed gears, so despite your reservations with regards to the efficacy of his modifications, they appear to function reliably, and exceedingly well. [/QUOTE]
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