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What age were you when you were first aware of HRDs or Vincents ?
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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 159866" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>I was thirteen. I had gotten my first motorcycle the year before. A little Yamaha 80cc I bought for $60, to go riding with all my friends who had dirt bikes. I bought a subscription to Cycle Weekly, as the name implies a weekly newspaper publication devoted to all things motorcycle. I was looking through the for sale ads hoping to find something spectacular and cheap. I had just read "Motorcycle World" by Phil Schilling and had fallen in love with the 1950 Triumph Thunderbird featured there in. My father having had a Triumphs, BSAs, and Nortons, back in England before he and my mother emigrated to the US, approved of my choice so I was on the hunt. Anyway, I spotted an advertisement for a Vincent Black Shadow, $500 in Ann Arbor, about an hour away. I asked my dad "what's a Black Shadow?". He asked why I asked, so I told him. He immediately took the paper and read the ad, handed it back and "said call him now and get directions" . I told the guy who answered I was calling about the Shadow for my dad and asked a few questions and relayed the answers to dad. Being hard of hearing my dad didn't like talking on the phone to much. Anyway, being satisfied with the answers he got from me, my father got on the phone asked a couple of more questions and got directions. Hooked our dirt bike trailer to the car and took of to Ann Arbor with my mom. They returned a couple of hours later with the Black Shadow, engine and oil tank unit on one side of the trailer, forks and RFM on the other, and the wheels in the trunk. It had been used as a ice race bike pulling a side car. I still have the receipt from seller and my dad's copy of the application for title. That was 45 years ago. I still have the Shadow. </p><p>Steven</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 159866, member: 1632"] I was thirteen. I had gotten my first motorcycle the year before. A little Yamaha 80cc I bought for $60, to go riding with all my friends who had dirt bikes. I bought a subscription to Cycle Weekly, as the name implies a weekly newspaper publication devoted to all things motorcycle. I was looking through the for sale ads hoping to find something spectacular and cheap. I had just read "Motorcycle World" by Phil Schilling and had fallen in love with the 1950 Triumph Thunderbird featured there in. My father having had a Triumphs, BSAs, and Nortons, back in England before he and my mother emigrated to the US, approved of my choice so I was on the hunt. Anyway, I spotted an advertisement for a Vincent Black Shadow, $500 in Ann Arbor, about an hour away. I asked my dad "what's a Black Shadow?". He asked why I asked, so I told him. He immediately took the paper and read the ad, handed it back and "said call him now and get directions" . I told the guy who answered I was calling about the Shadow for my dad and asked a few questions and relayed the answers to dad. Being hard of hearing my dad didn't like talking on the phone to much. Anyway, being satisfied with the answers he got from me, my father got on the phone asked a couple of more questions and got directions. Hooked our dirt bike trailer to the car and took of to Ann Arbor with my mom. They returned a couple of hours later with the Black Shadow, engine and oil tank unit on one side of the trailer, forks and RFM on the other, and the wheels in the trunk. It had been used as a ice race bike pulling a side car. I still have the receipt from seller and my dad's copy of the application for title. That was 45 years ago. I still have the Shadow. Steven [/QUOTE]
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