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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 6845" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Of course all that folk knowledge is lost nowadays.....</strong></p><p></p><p>In the sixties, bikes had ally mudguards. If they didn't, at least in the circles I careered about in, you were shunned. Dogs barked at you in the street. Decent people shut their doors to you. Fellow travellers turned aside. It was hell, I tell you, hell. </p><p>There was a further subdivision: there were those who bought 19" front and rear ally guards for 19" wheels, and the cognoscenti who bought an 18" front and a 19" rear. </p><p>The two classes could immediately be told apart, because the 2 x 19 mob had enough standoff between front guard and tyre to allow ice-racing tyres, or had a guard that to fit the stays was no longer a circular arc. Aarrgh!! Hideous!! See above for reaction of decent people, and add mocking laughter.</p><p>It goes without saying that I was one of the cognoscenti, because otherwise I wouldn't know this. I suspect that whoever specified Vincent stainless steel guards didn't know this either, or had no choice in the matter, because to my eyes they almost all look like ice-racers.</p><p>In the sixties we had the luxury of 17", 18", 19" and for all I know 20 and 21" front and rear ally blades: the rule was a front guard an inch smaller than the nominal tyre size. When I wanted to replicate the beautiful front guards on a Honda factory racer, I had to use a 17" blade on the 18" wheel. Such luxury is no longer available. But if we WERE going to fill this gap in the Vincent spares list, it would be a pity not to get it right this time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 6845, member: 4034"] [b]Of course all that folk knowledge is lost nowadays.....[/b] In the sixties, bikes had ally mudguards. If they didn't, at least in the circles I careered about in, you were shunned. Dogs barked at you in the street. Decent people shut their doors to you. Fellow travellers turned aside. It was hell, I tell you, hell. There was a further subdivision: there were those who bought 19" front and rear ally guards for 19" wheels, and the cognoscenti who bought an 18" front and a 19" rear. The two classes could immediately be told apart, because the 2 x 19 mob had enough standoff between front guard and tyre to allow ice-racing tyres, or had a guard that to fit the stays was no longer a circular arc. Aarrgh!! Hideous!! See above for reaction of decent people, and add mocking laughter. It goes without saying that I was one of the cognoscenti, because otherwise I wouldn't know this. I suspect that whoever specified Vincent stainless steel guards didn't know this either, or had no choice in the matter, because to my eyes they almost all look like ice-racers. In the sixties we had the luxury of 17", 18", 19" and for all I know 20 and 21" front and rear ally blades: the rule was a front guard an inch smaller than the nominal tyre size. When I wanted to replicate the beautiful front guards on a Honda factory racer, I had to use a 17" blade on the 18" wheel. Such luxury is no longer available. But if we WERE going to fill this gap in the Vincent spares list, it would be a pity not to get it right this time. [/QUOTE]
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