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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
just how many angels can you get on the head of a pin?
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<blockquote data-quote="TouringGodet" data-source="post: 46487" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>There is so much variation, some on the part of Vincent themselves, like the HRD to Vincent transition and inspection caps, and even more on the part of all the bought in parts, like the different headlights, ammeter faces, Bowden vs Amal vs Doherty levers. Yes, it is nice to document the details, but as far as saying how any ONE particular bike was, or even saying something like "at such and such time, all of them were this way", for a number of items, that's a bunch of hogwash.</p><p></p><p>I'm fortunate to have a one family Vin that is unrestored, but even back in the early '80s when I first developed a Vincent consciousness and helped my father put his Vin back together, we had lots of discussions about whether this or that came a certain way from the factory, and you know what, we just do not know with certainty about a number of items.</p><p></p><p>The few remaining unrestored bikes are important reference points, and are to be treasured and used to help document the details, but the passage of time is a brutal enemy, and without photos from day one, even these examples are not always completely trustworthy.</p><p></p><p>There is a fairly common poster, I think it was produced by the UK national museum, and the Shadow has a non standard taillight, and that bothers me. If the back of the seat was visible, and it didn't have a Feridax logo (either embossed or a plate), would I care? No. The poster is not a photo, but a drawing, at least get the iconic taillight correct, even if the bike available for viewing by the artist did not have one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TouringGodet, post: 46487, member: 27"] There is so much variation, some on the part of Vincent themselves, like the HRD to Vincent transition and inspection caps, and even more on the part of all the bought in parts, like the different headlights, ammeter faces, Bowden vs Amal vs Doherty levers. Yes, it is nice to document the details, but as far as saying how any ONE particular bike was, or even saying something like "at such and such time, all of them were this way", for a number of items, that's a bunch of hogwash. I'm fortunate to have a one family Vin that is unrestored, but even back in the early '80s when I first developed a Vincent consciousness and helped my father put his Vin back together, we had lots of discussions about whether this or that came a certain way from the factory, and you know what, we just do not know with certainty about a number of items. The few remaining unrestored bikes are important reference points, and are to be treasured and used to help document the details, but the passage of time is a brutal enemy, and without photos from day one, even these examples are not always completely trustworthy. There is a fairly common poster, I think it was produced by the UK national museum, and the Shadow has a non standard taillight, and that bothers me. If the back of the seat was visible, and it didn't have a Feridax logo (either embossed or a plate), would I care? No. The poster is not a photo, but a drawing, at least get the iconic taillight correct, even if the bike available for viewing by the artist did not have one. [/QUOTE]
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