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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 30537" data-attributes="member: 456"><p><span style="color: #222222"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">For those of us who are not familiar with the gear ratios of this box, could someone let us know what we are discussing? As far as I know there have been two different five speed boxes for Vins. Possibly a Quaife/Surtees one and a Terry Prince one. One had a Rapide like first gear and a Shadow first gear like second gear while the other was more of a close ratio system, all this from memory with no personal experience. This seemed to me to be a good idea. Years ago I tried to be sociable by going out for rides with the local VMCC. Narrow country roads and speeds governed by BSA Bantams and Francis Barnetts made for a very clutch slipping experience and I gave up on the idea. A Rapide first gear might have made it more enjoyable but the Shadow first gear can have advantages in some conditions so a combination seemed like a good idea to me. Anyone out there with the fact please?</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 30537, member: 456"] [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]For those of us who are not familiar with the gear ratios of this box, could someone let us know what we are discussing? As far as I know there have been two different five speed boxes for Vins. Possibly a Quaife/Surtees one and a Terry Prince one. One had a Rapide like first gear and a Shadow first gear like second gear while the other was more of a close ratio system, all this from memory with no personal experience. This seemed to me to be a good idea. Years ago I tried to be sociable by going out for rides with the local VMCC. Narrow country roads and speeds governed by BSA Bantams and Francis Barnetts made for a very clutch slipping experience and I gave up on the idea. A Rapide first gear might have made it more enjoyable but the Shadow first gear can have advantages in some conditions so a combination seemed like a good idea to me. Anyone out there with the fact please?[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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