Of course its easy to use your Vincent if you are lucky enough to have had ownership of a functional bike for 47 years, no doubt I would have enjoyed it enormously. But me, i was very lucky indeed to have the opportunity to pay well,well over £10000 for a basket case and have spent the last six years spending comfortably in excess of £20000 to sort it out to get it to a functional standard (so far- and that`s a conservative estimate). I still have a way to go, but I will stay the course and return another Vincent to the road, content in the knowledge that the sums I have spent all help further the development and production of spares for us all.I would call that dedicated determination to eventually ride it, not furniture polishing!!!
New owners have no choice,these days Vincent ownership does not come easy or cheap, if it did, we would ALL be thundering round with peeling paint and rumbling cranks. How I would love to be able to jump on the kickstart and wear out the big end, but until the bike is finished, not possible, and with the levels of expenditure necessary,it follows that the job has to wait for funds, and has to be done properly,lead weights `n all.
So C`mon, let`s hear it, a big "UP" for ALL those trying to hit the road on a Vincent, as the song says: "can`t you see I`m workin` on it", Best Regards, Bob Cottam