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<blockquote data-quote="Bazlerker" data-source="post: 15406" data-attributes="member: 1377"><p>Thirty, Fourty and Fifty years ago there were a great many folks who sought by many means to make their Vincents faster - by any and all means...we have them to thank for the great repository of knowledge that is available to us...and because not a few Vincents were destroyed in the process we also have a few of them to thank for the increased value of the Vincents that are left...We are now talking about 50+ year old machines..their horsepower output in stock ( or close to stock ) configuration is more than enough for the rider who seeks a fast touring machine..In other words exactly what they were designed for.</p><p>We are all but caretakers now, responsible for maintaining not only the machines, but the legend..I say treat both with equal care. Change the oil regularly, run it up to "the ton" whenever you want but leave the pursuit of absolute speed to those very few, very skilled, very wealthy individuals who are most qualified and who most often do it with repro cases, heads etc etc..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bazlerker, post: 15406, member: 1377"] Thirty, Fourty and Fifty years ago there were a great many folks who sought by many means to make their Vincents faster - by any and all means...we have them to thank for the great repository of knowledge that is available to us...and because not a few Vincents were destroyed in the process we also have a few of them to thank for the increased value of the Vincents that are left...We are now talking about 50+ year old machines..their horsepower output in stock ( or close to stock ) configuration is more than enough for the rider who seeks a fast touring machine..In other words exactly what they were designed for. We are all but caretakers now, responsible for maintaining not only the machines, but the legend..I say treat both with equal care. Change the oil regularly, run it up to "the ton" whenever you want but leave the pursuit of absolute speed to those very few, very skilled, very wealthy individuals who are most qualified and who most often do it with repro cases, heads etc etc.. [/QUOTE]
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