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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 110996" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>Regarding the Egli mentioned: I had this in my notes as EV10, but I had never seen the bike and one of the bike's owners had identified it as EV10. No harm done. If it is EV5 it just means EV10 is missing instead of EV5. </p><p></p><p>The bike is very original assuming it is Sal Defeo's bike. Sal owned Ghost Motorcycle and although he did not send the bike to CycleWorld or Cycle Sport, he did loan the bike to them as long as they did not ride it. He sent Teddy Griffin to ride the bike. It is difficult to miss Teddy.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]29144[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is the current photo. The polished mag cowl is missing, probably because it was polished and nobody realized it went on the Egli. The head lamp and rear shocks have been changed. But, Otherwise, it looks quite original with HRD Rapide cases painted black. A rear head on the rear cylinder.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]29145[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you look at the seat in this 1969 photo, on the hump near the rear on this there appears to be an area where the paint has rubbed off. It appears to be the same on the bike today. The decal does seem to show that the bike has been painted black as the decal was not positioned correctly. It is the same on both photos. The bikes would have had cranked down foot pegs</p><p></p><p>Bonham's Description:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]29148[/ATTACH]</p><p>I think there is some confusion about the engine. It is numbered as a Rapide. Maybe it was the color. I would be surprised if the bike was road raced with that brake as it was not a road racing brake, by any stretch. Egli did offer the Grimeca. Some owners ordered both. But, I would not be surprised if the brake were the cause of a crash.</p><p></p><p>I had the last owner of this bike as George Emmerich. The location and the fact that there was a large stash of Vincent bikes and parts might support this.</p><p></p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 110996, member: 1177"] Regarding the Egli mentioned: I had this in my notes as EV10, but I had never seen the bike and one of the bike's owners had identified it as EV10. No harm done. If it is EV5 it just means EV10 is missing instead of EV5. The bike is very original assuming it is Sal Defeo's bike. Sal owned Ghost Motorcycle and although he did not send the bike to CycleWorld or Cycle Sport, he did loan the bike to them as long as they did not ride it. He sent Teddy Griffin to ride the bike. It is difficult to miss Teddy. [ATTACH type="full"]29144[/ATTACH] This is the current photo. The polished mag cowl is missing, probably because it was polished and nobody realized it went on the Egli. The head lamp and rear shocks have been changed. But, Otherwise, it looks quite original with HRD Rapide cases painted black. A rear head on the rear cylinder. [ATTACH type="full"]29145[/ATTACH] If you look at the seat in this 1969 photo, on the hump near the rear on this there appears to be an area where the paint has rubbed off. It appears to be the same on the bike today. The decal does seem to show that the bike has been painted black as the decal was not positioned correctly. It is the same on both photos. The bikes would have had cranked down foot pegs Bonham's Description: [ATTACH type="full"]29148[/ATTACH] I think there is some confusion about the engine. It is numbered as a Rapide. Maybe it was the color. I would be surprised if the bike was road raced with that brake as it was not a road racing brake, by any stretch. Egli did offer the Grimeca. Some owners ordered both. But, I would not be surprised if the brake were the cause of a crash. I had the last owner of this bike as George Emmerich. The location and the fact that there was a large stash of Vincent bikes and parts might support this. David [/QUOTE]
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