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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 179325" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>As the generations change, as they are.......matching numbers wont mean much to anyone, because all the long standing knowledge from the likes of folk on here will not be of great interest to them.......all these fine details will fade, the fakes from the real bikes will not be an outstanding feature.......only the appeal of the actual machine itself......Its actually happening now to older riders who have always wanted a Vincent and now buying them........from the ones I've seen, these folk do little homework to find proper and important detail.......thus they buy a "Matching numbers bike" only I've found that it has either no number on the RFM or the number is barely visible and is actually not the same as the UFM.......You cant help everyone.......even when you tell them what you've found they seem happy to just shrug it off.........The bikes should be valued on their merit, and running history........Look at famous racing Vincent's.......unless its the bathing suit bike or Gunga Din......they have little value at all.......As Davidd told me.......everyone likes to look at them but no one really wants one........Regardless, they are still and will always be one of the best classic bikes of all time, so lets just enjoy them as much as we can.....Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 179325, member: 597"] As the generations change, as they are.......matching numbers wont mean much to anyone, because all the long standing knowledge from the likes of folk on here will not be of great interest to them.......all these fine details will fade, the fakes from the real bikes will not be an outstanding feature.......only the appeal of the actual machine itself......Its actually happening now to older riders who have always wanted a Vincent and now buying them........from the ones I've seen, these folk do little homework to find proper and important detail.......thus they buy a "Matching numbers bike" only I've found that it has either no number on the RFM or the number is barely visible and is actually not the same as the UFM.......You cant help everyone.......even when you tell them what you've found they seem happy to just shrug it off.........The bikes should be valued on their merit, and running history........Look at famous racing Vincent's.......unless its the bathing suit bike or Gunga Din......they have little value at all.......As Davidd told me.......everyone likes to look at them but no one really wants one........Regardless, they are still and will always be one of the best classic bikes of all time, so lets just enjoy them as much as we can.....Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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