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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 121021" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>Here is a photo of LRH 144 in its current state. Cosmetically its not too bad and I have wondered about just doing an oily rag restoration but I now know its had a hard life and done a lot of miles so needs throughly going through. The paint on the tank I suspect is original, the girdraulics have been rebuilt at some time as the paint is different and it looks like stainless spindles which were not original. The wheels have been rebuilt sometime with flanged alloy rims which in my own opinion is doesn't look right on a Vincent. The engine though has a very nasty knock when turned over and there is no compression at all. I drained the oil several years ago and it contained a lot of flakes (and I mean a lot) so the engine definitely needs a rebuild. But its basically a complete bike which is a big advantage.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]34908[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 121021, member: 58"] Here is a photo of LRH 144 in its current state. Cosmetically its not too bad and I have wondered about just doing an oily rag restoration but I now know its had a hard life and done a lot of miles so needs throughly going through. The paint on the tank I suspect is original, the girdraulics have been rebuilt at some time as the paint is different and it looks like stainless spindles which were not original. The wheels have been rebuilt sometime with flanged alloy rims which in my own opinion is doesn't look right on a Vincent. The engine though has a very nasty knock when turned over and there is no compression at all. I drained the oil several years ago and it contained a lot of flakes (and I mean a lot) so the engine definitely needs a rebuild. But its basically a complete bike which is a big advantage. [ATTACH type="full"]34908[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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