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<blockquote data-quote="Phoenix 500" data-source="post: 129670" data-attributes="member: 4830"><p>Among motoring friends we had the quote: If you want to travel on two wheels, buy a Vincent; if you can't afford a Vincent, then buy a motorbike". I had old Ariels, couldn't afford a Vincent.</p><p>In 1986 I found an advert in Classic Motorcycle from Atlantic Motorcycles in Twyford, offering an "Egli Comet" for a price I could afford. After a short testride, the bike was sold by payment in two terms and taken over the Channel in spring 1987.</p><p>Home I found out the frame wasn't Egli's, the frame number being HM101, but what was it?</p><p>In his book " Vincent Motorcycles, the untold story since 1946" I discovered my bike on pages 276-278: The Phoenix 500 by Hillgate Motors.</p><p>They only built two machines of this type: a pre-production of the road bike and a racer (sold to William Glyn Johnson) before selling the business. Mine is the pre-production road bike.</p><p>Philippe mailed me a copy of the original roadtest in the July 1973 issue of Bike Magazine, in which is a photograph of the tester on the bike, showing the number plate BDB49L (BlastingDeciBels), that is still mounted on my bike. </p><p>After importing it in Holland, I had to get a Dutch registration, which was difficult on dB-production at this time. On a test-ride at home the exhaust broke out of the cilinder and some other minor adjustments had to be made, for which I didn't have the time. And so the beast rested many years untouched in my garage, until recently. I sold my last Ariel to make some space and decided to spent the upcoming next corona-lockdown to finally restore the Vincent. So here I am to find support.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phoenix 500, post: 129670, member: 4830"] Among motoring friends we had the quote: If you want to travel on two wheels, buy a Vincent; if you can't afford a Vincent, then buy a motorbike". I had old Ariels, couldn't afford a Vincent. In 1986 I found an advert in Classic Motorcycle from Atlantic Motorcycles in Twyford, offering an "Egli Comet" for a price I could afford. After a short testride, the bike was sold by payment in two terms and taken over the Channel in spring 1987. Home I found out the frame wasn't Egli's, the frame number being HM101, but what was it? In his book " Vincent Motorcycles, the untold story since 1946" I discovered my bike on pages 276-278: The Phoenix 500 by Hillgate Motors. They only built two machines of this type: a pre-production of the road bike and a racer (sold to William Glyn Johnson) before selling the business. Mine is the pre-production road bike. Philippe mailed me a copy of the original roadtest in the July 1973 issue of Bike Magazine, in which is a photograph of the tester on the bike, showing the number plate BDB49L (BlastingDeciBels), that is still mounted on my bike. After importing it in Holland, I had to get a Dutch registration, which was difficult on dB-production at this time. On a test-ride at home the exhaust broke out of the cilinder and some other minor adjustments had to be made, for which I didn't have the time. And so the beast rested many years untouched in my garage, until recently. I sold my last Ariel to make some space and decided to spent the upcoming next corona-lockdown to finally restore the Vincent. So here I am to find support. [/QUOTE]
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