I wonder if in future new potential owners of Vincents could be put off owning and riding a Vincent because they have never ridden a bike with the 'wrong' foot pedal controls?
Or they may not want to take the risk of making a wrong move when chopping and changing from one sort of bike to another, assuming they own and ride several bikes.
There does seem to be a reasonably simple way of converting a Vincent Twin to modern foot pedal controls.
See Maurice Brierley's sprint bike Methamon in 'Motor Cycling' 17 Sep 1959.
The photos there show a left side gear change pedal, connected via the tunnel normally used for a left side kickstart pedal.
A right side rear brake foot pedal should be simple enough, mounted from the lower end of the footrest hanger.
Now I have written this, I expect that it has already been done by plenty of people, who enjoy jumping from their Ducatis onto their Vincents and back again.
Or they may not want to take the risk of making a wrong move when chopping and changing from one sort of bike to another, assuming they own and ride several bikes.
There does seem to be a reasonably simple way of converting a Vincent Twin to modern foot pedal controls.
See Maurice Brierley's sprint bike Methamon in 'Motor Cycling' 17 Sep 1959.
The photos there show a left side gear change pedal, connected via the tunnel normally used for a left side kickstart pedal.
A right side rear brake foot pedal should be simple enough, mounted from the lower end of the footrest hanger.
Now I have written this, I expect that it has already been done by plenty of people, who enjoy jumping from their Ducatis onto their Vincents and back again.