I had the pleasure of owning this bike from March '64 'till December '67. My first Vin. only sold it because the bill from the solicitors came in when we bought our first house. I bought it from Keith Poppit in Bournemouth and sold it to Conways, my then wife cried when I arrived home on the bus! That Rap. introduced us to the VOC, The Surrey Section, Annual rallies, IOM and lots of friends, the last I heard of it was that it had gone to the USA, a grand old bike, I hope it has a good home.Had a visitor at the spares Co today asking if his fathers Rapide is still about.
Simon, would you know where in the USA the bike is located or how I would be able to find its current owner please?
Best wishes
Richard Moakes
Due to data protection I cannot give out names of current owners but what I can say is the last contact I had was in 2018 via a third party and the owner at the time was not a VOC member. I don't have the owners contact details but I will enquire and if I do make contact I will pass on your message and so they can contact you direct.
Simon Dinsdale
Machine Registrar - Vincent HRD Owners Club
I had the pleasure of owning this bike from March '64 'till December '67. My first Vin. only sold it because the bill from the solicitors came in when we bought our first house. I bought it from Keith Poppit in Bournemouth and sold it to Conways, my then wife cried when I arrived home on the bus! That Rap. introduced us to the VOC, The Surrey Section, Annual rallies, IOM and lots of friends, the last I heard of it was that it had gone to the USA, a grand old bike, I hope it has a good home.