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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Dinsdale" data-source="post: 103201" data-attributes="member: 58"><p>I agree that 1949 was a very confusing year. HRD to Vincent, series B & C and also a lot of general design changes that had nothing to do with the series.</p><p>The reason for the introduction of the series C was the introduction of the Girdraulic forks as it was a big alteraltion in the look of the bike. Generally if the works records list the bike as a series B then it has a R frame number and Brampton forks where a series C has a RC frame number with Girdraulics <u>BUT</u> just to muddy the waters there is the odd anomalies which defies the normal above logic, probably because buyers if they had the money could request whatever they wanted from the factory.</p><p></p><p>The changes to RFM's gearbox covers, gearlevers etc were just design improvements which were subjected to all models and series been built at the same time and nothing to do with series B or C. There was an 18 month overlap between the first C and the last B and the last of the series B's had Vincent engines, Vincent transfers, later gearbox cover, later one piece gearlever, longer RFM with curved seat stays and also a rear damper, but still had the one thing that stood them out as a B which was Bramptons. In other words apart from Brampton forks and the frame number the last B's were just the same as the C's been produced at the time. When a lot of changes were introduced like the RFM changes, the existing jigs were altered so it was not possible to produce several different types of RFM's at the same time. When an owner with a 1949 or early 1950 bike contacts me and it is proved to have the original UFM & RFM I ask for other details to identify them and have been slowly mapping out what was fitted to when and by September 1949 everything (including series B) was been fitted with the longer RFM with curved seat stay brackets.</p><p>Simon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Dinsdale, post: 103201, member: 58"] I agree that 1949 was a very confusing year. HRD to Vincent, series B & C and also a lot of general design changes that had nothing to do with the series. The reason for the introduction of the series C was the introduction of the Girdraulic forks as it was a big alteraltion in the look of the bike. Generally if the works records list the bike as a series B then it has a R frame number and Brampton forks where a series C has a RC frame number with Girdraulics [U]BUT[/U] just to muddy the waters there is the odd anomalies which defies the normal above logic, probably because buyers if they had the money could request whatever they wanted from the factory. The changes to RFM's gearbox covers, gearlevers etc were just design improvements which were subjected to all models and series been built at the same time and nothing to do with series B or C. There was an 18 month overlap between the first C and the last B and the last of the series B's had Vincent engines, Vincent transfers, later gearbox cover, later one piece gearlever, longer RFM with curved seat stays and also a rear damper, but still had the one thing that stood them out as a B which was Bramptons. In other words apart from Brampton forks and the frame number the last B's were just the same as the C's been produced at the time. When a lot of changes were introduced like the RFM changes, the existing jigs were altered so it was not possible to produce several different types of RFM's at the same time. When an owner with a 1949 or early 1950 bike contacts me and it is proved to have the original UFM & RFM I ask for other details to identify them and have been slowly mapping out what was fitted to when and by September 1949 everything (including series B) was been fitted with the longer RFM with curved seat stay brackets. Simon [/QUOTE]
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