Welcome to new Forum Website member, Pete X

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[Pete X]

Hello everyone and thanks for the welcome.

My parents were into bikes all their lives, Vincents in particular, they were also keen photographers.
I'm now sorting the old photo albums and will try to post up the bikes as I go.
Many of the photos will have been taken around Tyneside where they lived all their lives, apart from regular trips touring most of Europe on various bikes.
They also raced a Norvin kneeler for many years at the local Croft circuit, and a good friend of theirs had a Triton / Norvin until the 1980s.

First is Comet CBR355 photos https://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/threads/comet-cbr355-from-the-family-album.18990/

I'll add more photos as I find them, it's slow going as there are a huge collection of slides, prints, photos to browse then scan.

1968? Me on the race outfit at Gateshead - I started riding bikes when I was young and have no intentions of stopping anytime soon


Don't be shy if you recognise anything / anybody or have any questions.

 

[Simon Dinsdale]

CBR 355 is the registration for a series C Comet delivered new to a dealer called Cowie in Sunderland in June 1952. Do you know when your parents owned the Comet?

Simon Dinsdale
VOC Machine Registrar
registrar998@voc.uk.com

 

[Pete X]

I don't have particular dates for most of the bikes they owned unless I see something on the photos I'm sorting.

Working with the dates I do know :
They were born early 1930's so will have started riding by the late 1940's
The bike history started with Matchless & Norton ( until very late 1940's / early 1950s?)
Then onto Vincent,
They would have had the single (and started racing)? before they moved onto the twins.

I recognise the house & gardens in some of the photos from the early 1960s.
They had the racing outfit while they were there but if the road bikes were there it was only for the first couple of years.
So their road Vincents covered the dates early 1950's to the early 1960's

It's all guesswork ( and judging by the size of the prints over the years) but I'd say :
Singles from early 1950's to mid/late 1950's
Twins from mid/late 1950's to early 1960s.
Racing outfits from early/mid 1950's to early 1970's

Hope that helps, if it jogs anyone's memory about other photos they've seen in the past - let me know.

Thanks for the interest

 

[Pete X]

Photos added for Rapide LNE936

Where Are You Now? - Rapide LNE936

More from The Family Photo Album My parents were into bikes all their lives, Vincents in particular. I'm now sorting old photos so if anyone has any history about any of their bikes or knows where they are now I'd love to hear from them. Most photos will have been taken around Tyneside as...

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[Pete X]

Photos added for Norvin Twin MGF942

Where Are You Now? - Norvin Twin MGF942

More from the Family Photo Albums. My parents and some of their friends were into bikes all their lives, Vincents in particular. I'm now sorting old photo albums so if anyone has any history about any of the bikes or knows where they are now I'd love to hear from them. Most photos will have...

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[Pete X]

Photos added for Norvin Twin race outfit

Where Are You Now? - Norvin Twin race outfits #15 #16 #151

More from the Family Photo Albums. My parents were into bikes all their lives, Vincents in particular, and raced a Norvin twin sidecar outfit for many years. Croft was their local circuit. I'm now sorting old photo albums so if anyone has any history about any of the bikes or knows where they...

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