Does anybody out there know, to which amount series E tests were carried out? Are there still notes, pictures, data being kept somewhere? Would love to hear about. tal
When you receive MPH709 on Friday, there's an article in there about the Vincent Series 'J'.
Who has ever heard of a Vincent Series 'J' before?!
Mornin, Len,As is well known, Cope Allman (the successors to Harper Engines) put a questionaire in "Motorcycle Sport" inviting readers to suggest what changes/improvements they would like to see should the Vincent be put back on the market.
There was a rumour that two complete Series D engines were taken to a frame builder named Jim Lee who was commissioned to construct a rolling chassis. The story goes that one complete machine was built and shipped to the US. The existance of the remaining engine became known to local Vincent owners who persuaded Jim Lee to sell bits of it until nothing was left. Fact or fantasy?
Takes you back, eh, Len. Think of all the various attempts and pipe dreams of a Series E. The Tom Somerton Viscount, featherbed framed Vincent. The Harper rebuilds. I met a guy who bought one. He said it didn't handle. I pointed out that they had forgotten to fit a rear damper. Hilgate Motors Phoenix, a Comet engine in conventional cycle parts. Fritz Egli's Egli. Roger Slater's Egli with a proposed 2 litre Vin engine with an explosive cartridge starter a la aircraft practice. That would have been fun. Tony Maughan was going to do one, but didn't. Then today. Francois' beauties. JMR. The Irving Vincent. That nasty American concoction with a Honda engine. Didn't Mr Honda build a prototype based on the Vin engine? Any more anyone remember? Oh yes, the 2007 VOCSC Black Shadow.
Takes you back, eh, Len. Think of all the various attempts and pipe dreams of a Series E. The Tom Somerton Viscount, featherbed framed Vincent. The Harper rebuilds. I met a guy who bought one. He said it didn't handle. I pointed out that they had forgotten to fit a rear damper. Hilgate Motors Phoenix, a Comet engine in conventional cycle parts. Fritz Egli's Egli. Roger Slater's Egli with a proposed 2 litre Vin engine with an explosive cartridge starter a la aircraft practice. That would have been fun. Tony Maughan was going to do one, but didn't. Then today. Francois' beauties. JMR. The Irving Vincent. That nasty American concoction with a Honda engine. Didn't Mr Honda build a prototype based on the Vin engine? Any more anyone remember? Oh yes, the 2007 VOCSC Black Shadow.