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<blockquote data-quote="BlackLightning998" data-source="post: 1012" data-attributes="member: 109"><p>Hi Tom,</p><p></p><p>Exactly, I find that my riding style has to change and become more anticipative leaving a larger gap in front of me, town riding is not a lot of fun and filtering through traffic is almost a no-no. Mind you, trying to read other drivers behaviour is no bad thing but I would like the welcome reassurance that I could stop rapidly if I really need to. I've been riding modern machinery for the last 20 years so I guess I've been a little spoilt. The good thing is it has saved me some money - I was going to have the master cylinder changed on my Ducati 851 as I thought the brakes weren't brilliant - well compared to the Vincent they are stunning - so they can stay the way they are for now!!!</p><p>Glad to see the Scottish Section is so active on the Forum - it is 30 years since I used to go, first Monday of the month, to Carfin and the Church Hall where we met. I was lucky enough to have my first ever ride on/in a Vincent in the Steib chair on George Ramsay's outfit. I've got some super pictures of his Egli at the Kenmore Rally where we used to go for several years - Rab Smith was usually in his tent sleeping off the night before - great bloke and you could not ask for nicer, (Bike was a bit oily though in those days but it ran well).</p><p></p><p>I always remember a guy called John (King, I think) who has an immaculate Shadow (he had the Steib for it from new) and he had done some tidying up on it including replacing the oil lines - but didn't want to damage the ferrules at the end so had not crimped them. He came with it on a trailer. Started the bike to let everyone hear it - it soon wasn't so shiny as uncrimped ferrules aren't very good at keeping the oil in!!</p><p></p><p>Happy days for a teenager.</p><p></p><p>Cheers and thanks again for your interest.</p><p></p><p>Stuart</p><p>Cheers for now</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackLightning998, post: 1012, member: 109"] Hi Tom, Exactly, I find that my riding style has to change and become more anticipative leaving a larger gap in front of me, town riding is not a lot of fun and filtering through traffic is almost a no-no. Mind you, trying to read other drivers behaviour is no bad thing but I would like the welcome reassurance that I could stop rapidly if I really need to. I've been riding modern machinery for the last 20 years so I guess I've been a little spoilt. The good thing is it has saved me some money - I was going to have the master cylinder changed on my Ducati 851 as I thought the brakes weren't brilliant - well compared to the Vincent they are stunning - so they can stay the way they are for now!!! Glad to see the Scottish Section is so active on the Forum - it is 30 years since I used to go, first Monday of the month, to Carfin and the Church Hall where we met. I was lucky enough to have my first ever ride on/in a Vincent in the Steib chair on George Ramsay's outfit. I've got some super pictures of his Egli at the Kenmore Rally where we used to go for several years - Rab Smith was usually in his tent sleeping off the night before - great bloke and you could not ask for nicer, (Bike was a bit oily though in those days but it ran well). I always remember a guy called John (King, I think) who has an immaculate Shadow (he had the Steib for it from new) and he had done some tidying up on it including replacing the oil lines - but didn't want to damage the ferrules at the end so had not crimped them. He came with it on a trailer. Started the bike to let everyone hear it - it soon wasn't so shiny as uncrimped ferrules aren't very good at keeping the oil in!! Happy days for a teenager. Cheers and thanks again for your interest. Stuart Cheers for now [/QUOTE]
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