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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 152781" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Machining <strong><em>is</em></strong> Vincent-related. Rebuilding and restoration expertise for old motorcycles is continuously being lost as people retire and shops close their doors. What this means is, as commercial shops disappear, more people who are interested in these old machines will have to take on more of the work themselves, and this work often requires more than bolting new reproduction parts in place.</p><p></p><p>Completely rebuilding a Vincent can require milling, latheing, honing, pressing, pulling, TIGing, torching, brazing, soldering, grinding, cutting, magnetizing, magnafluxing, painting, and probably a few other '-ings' I can't remember at the moment, <u>all</u> of which can be done by someone in their own garage if they are aware of the necessary tools and techniques.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, burying all the Vincent-related techniques mentioned in the previous paragraph into one thread in the "Everything Else (Not Vincent Related)" forum, that's hidden amongst the almost 1600 other threads that actually <em>are</em> unrelated, ensures most people who are rebuilding Vincents and who could benefit from this information, are unlikely ever to find it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 152781, member: 2806"] Machining [B][I]is[/I][/B] Vincent-related. Rebuilding and restoration expertise for old motorcycles is continuously being lost as people retire and shops close their doors. What this means is, as commercial shops disappear, more people who are interested in these old machines will have to take on more of the work themselves, and this work often requires more than bolting new reproduction parts in place. Completely rebuilding a Vincent can require milling, latheing, honing, pressing, pulling, TIGing, torching, brazing, soldering, grinding, cutting, magnetizing, magnafluxing, painting, and probably a few other '-ings' I can't remember at the moment, [U]all[/U] of which can be done by someone in their own garage if they are aware of the necessary tools and techniques. Unfortunately, burying all the Vincent-related techniques mentioned in the previous paragraph into one thread in the "Everything Else (Not Vincent Related)" forum, that's hidden amongst the almost 1600 other threads that actually [I]are[/I] unrelated, ensures most people who are rebuilding Vincents and who could benefit from this information, are unlikely ever to find it. [/QUOTE]
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