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<blockquote data-quote="Tnecniv Edipar" data-source="post: 15240" data-attributes="member: 418"><p>Seems like an obvious question until you try to quantify it !! Well , to me anyway !</p><p>The first time I saw a Vincent I knew a/ I really liked it and b/ some day I would have one.</p><p>This fateful first introduction was in Classic Bike magazine , it just looked so different and so right.</p><p>Anyway , I was thinking what are the 5 things I like most , so I thought I would share this with you and ask the same question to others :-</p><p> </p><p>1/ The engine and transmission. It's just looks so superb , elegant and purposeful and it's details</p><p> are fascinating , that clutch , the timing chest , the valve gear , etc.</p><p> </p><p>2/ The chassis concept. Years , in fact decades ahead when it was introduced , true genius at work.</p><p> Those girdraulic forks must have seemed space age at the time.</p><p> </p><p>3/ Innovation where ever you look. </p><p> </p><p>4/ The Bauhaus'ness of the whole machine ,form follows function everywhere you look.</p><p> </p><p>5/ The legend and the legacy. Vincent can be seen in every motorcycle since , even at the cutting </p><p> edge of today. No other bike reigned supreme for so long since.</p><p> </p><p>How about you ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tnecniv Edipar, post: 15240, member: 418"] Seems like an obvious question until you try to quantify it !! Well , to me anyway ! The first time I saw a Vincent I knew a/ I really liked it and b/ some day I would have one. This fateful first introduction was in Classic Bike magazine , it just looked so different and so right. Anyway , I was thinking what are the 5 things I like most , so I thought I would share this with you and ask the same question to others :- 1/ The engine and transmission. It's just looks so superb , elegant and purposeful and it's details are fascinating , that clutch , the timing chest , the valve gear , etc. 2/ The chassis concept. Years , in fact decades ahead when it was introduced , true genius at work. Those girdraulic forks must have seemed space age at the time. 3/ Innovation where ever you look. 4/ The Bauhaus'ness of the whole machine ,form follows function everywhere you look. 5/ The legend and the legacy. Vincent can be seen in every motorcycle since , even at the cutting edge of today. No other bike reigned supreme for so long since. How about you ? [/QUOTE]
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