I am sure this subject has been done to death, but please help me..
I am not the tallest person in the world and therefore I am having trouble reaching the ground on my Series C Rapide. I have no issue reaching the ground on the Series B's that I have sat on, so there must be a difference in saddle height between the two models.
Chatting with one of the club members (Andy) he explained that I should in the first instance focus on the rear springs. Therefore armed with his advice, the quest to get rear suspension lowered on my bike starts with the springs.
Referring to the Harpers Engines Limited parts listing for Series B & C models, it shows three different springs to suit rear suspension. It quotes part numbers
F84/0 (.324") for the Rapide Sidecar,
F84/1 (.300") for a solo Rapide
F84/2 (.276") for the Comet and Meteor.
To unravel and understand the above part numbers, please let me know, can the different springs be identified? perhaps by measuring the section diameter of the material which was used during manufacturing?
On the assumption that all the springs are all the same length, has anyone fitted Comet/Meteor springs on a Rapide? or since the rear springs use the same pivot mounting points, has anyone tried one Comet/Meteor spring and one Rapide solo spring?
I am not precious about using standard Vincent parts so I would be just as happy to use a modern fix should it exist
Many thanks in advance