Where Are You Now? Two old bikes

[lee_812d]

I've found a couple of photos of old bikes (or they might be cut from books), maybe someone will recognise them.

 

[Alyson]

I don't imagine there are too many touring Shadows

 

[lee_812d]

The gold lines on the tank look a bit weird.

 

[Michael Vane-Hunt]

Is it an oversize tank?

 

[timetraveller]

Definitely is an oversized tank.

 

[Jonathan Lambley]

There is an article about STW 800 on page 25 in MPH 817, February 2017.
We've not heard from the owner for a while but the machine is on a different vehicle registration mark these days.

MXF 403 was for sale in the UK in 2016 and was sold to a VOC member in Australia.

Jon Lambley
VOC Machine Researcher

 

[kerry]

A lot of Vincent's seem to be going to Australia recently, Roy Cross's best bike his early Rapide is another one that recently arrived there, Tasmania actually.

 

[rapide049]

A lot of Vincent's seem to be going to Australia recently, Roy Cross's best bike his early Rapide is another one that recently arrived there, Tasmania actually.

I rode it briefly last month

 

[Piston Pete]

A lot of Vincent's seem to be going to Australia recently, Roy Cross's best bike his early Rapide is another one that recently arrived there, Tasmania actually.

There is a very active Vincent group in Tasmania. They know how to rack up the miles too . We had the pleasure of attending the Vincent rally there in Feb this year , and to be a part of the convoy of 40 Vincents on the road at the same time was amazing. Maybe the empty roads were designed for us folk with older bikes ( if I sound jealous , I am!) . There is a video on you tube " Vincents and hrds touring around tasmania"