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<blockquote data-quote="Monkeypants" data-source="post: 42762" data-attributes="member: 2708"><p>Things have moved on a lot in sixty years, for sure.The Thornton and your AVO sound like good options.</p><p>Handling of a Vincent isn't ever going to equal a modern sportbike, but it is surprisingly good for the Vintage of the bikes. Last time out in the Mountains riding two up, we were motoring along a fairly long straight stretch at 70mph when two modern sportbikes went by at nearly double our speed. I recall the blast of air pushed us sideways as they went by.</p><p> About a half hour later we were in the Monashee Mountains on a very twisty section of road. For the most part the same speed could be retained, but there were also some hairpins that required slower speeds. About a half hour into the really twisty stuff, we caught up to the two sportbikes. They weren't about to have some heavily laden ancient bike on skinny tires go past, so they cranked their cornering speed up some. I had great fun pressing them for the next 20 miles or so until they finally pulled off and we went by.</p><p>You can cover a lot of ground on a Vincent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Monkeypants, post: 42762, member: 2708"] Things have moved on a lot in sixty years, for sure.The Thornton and your AVO sound like good options. Handling of a Vincent isn't ever going to equal a modern sportbike, but it is surprisingly good for the Vintage of the bikes. Last time out in the Mountains riding two up, we were motoring along a fairly long straight stretch at 70mph when two modern sportbikes went by at nearly double our speed. I recall the blast of air pushed us sideways as they went by. About a half hour later we were in the Monashee Mountains on a very twisty section of road. For the most part the same speed could be retained, but there were also some hairpins that required slower speeds. About a half hour into the really twisty stuff, we caught up to the two sportbikes. They weren't about to have some heavily laden ancient bike on skinny tires go past, so they cranked their cornering speed up some. I had great fun pressing them for the next 20 miles or so until they finally pulled off and we went by. You can cover a lot of ground on a Vincent. [/QUOTE]
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