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Left foot gear change - for the distant future?
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<blockquote data-quote="Diogenes" data-source="post: 32712" data-attributes="member: 91"><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>There does seem to be a reasonably simple way of converting a Vincent Twin to modern foot pedal controls.</p><p></p><p>See Maurice Brierley's sprint bike Methamon in 'Motor Cycling' 17 Sep 1959. </p><p>The photos there show a left side gear change pedal, connected via the tunnel normally used for a left side kickstart pedal.</p><p>A right side rear brake foot pedal should be simple enough, mounted from the lower end of the footrest hanger.</p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Diogenes, post: 32712, member: 91"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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