Vincent Enthusiast Pls Help

Looking for magazine adverts relating to Vincent Rapide 1952 - 1954, and
comparative price adverts for Norton, Triumph, BSA, AJS etc etc.
Hopefully to obtain scans of adverts.
Any other ideas about obtaining such archive information would be most
helpful.
Oh, bizarre, yes, pls don't ask ;-)
Cheers

 

Dont think many on here have much interest in old Brit bikes, so have a
look at: http://www.realclassic.co.uk/

This is a good site for anyone interested in classic bikes, and has
links to owners clubs, who could probably help with the info you are
looking for.

k

 

NO! My eyes!

The prototype didn't look half bad....

 

Tourer looks to have the same sort of riding position as the sporty ones,
which is basically wrong for a tourer.

Mind, the cruiser looks really yuk.

Are they actaully manufacturing? or just posing on the web?

 

X Posted to UKRM, hopefully Mr Krusty will see this and provide a link to
his folks site.

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Well, what you need are some copies of The Motor Cycle or Motor Cycling
for those years, like these ones just a couple of feet away from me.
The Show numbers [1] are a good bet 'cos everybody took out ads in those
issues.

But, it you want to do price comparisons, it's not the ads you need, but
the buyers' guides in the magazines. The ads didn't usually list prices
anyway. The second of the show numbers always had a buyers' guide, and
there was always one sometime in the Spring.

So, f'rinstance, the 20 Nov 1952 copy of The Motor Cycle reveals that a
Rapide was £347/11/1d, a Truimph Tiger 100c was £233/16/8d, an AJS 7R
was £376/18/10d. a B34 Gold Star was £255/4/9d, a Matchless G45 was
£376/18/10d and a Norton 40M was £429/6/8d.

[1] there was usually an equivalent of the show editions even in those
years when there wasn't actually a show.

 

The front pipe slipping out from between the rads looks vaguely obscene.

 

I'd rather have an Egli Vincent as per

http://www.mousemat.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Chimay_Vincent.jpg

 

Naqerj,
Thanks for that info.
Would there be any chance of getting a scan of the Vincent page, and
Triumph and BSA pages which have comparative bikes, say the Tiger 100
and Gold Star?
Thanks for your help.
Regards

 

*WANT*

 

And I bet the only place you have ever seen an Egli Vincent is in a
magazine eh, Andy..............lol

k

 

There used to be a regular attendee of the Boxing Day VMCC meeting
with an Egli Vincent - naked version, basically an engine with
brackets on. Must see if I've got any photos of it. Haven't seen it
for the last three or four years.

 

Yes there would... let me know what sort of resolution and colour depth
you need. When I've done it and know how big the files are, I'll decide
whether to e-mail or post them ('cos I'm only on dial-up).

 

Ok, pop quiz, name the current manufacturer you think is closest to the
Vincent "ethos".

I have no fucking idea.

 

Buell?
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Crossed my mind as well, but I couldn't tie it up with Vincents
engineering excellence, nor the claim to have the fastest production
bike of the time.

Given my reasoning I'm looking at something like a Suzuki/MV mongrel.
Great.

 

Hi Naqerj,
Only need low resolution, grey scale would be fine, I would hope that
the magazine name or identifier would be on each page. Any resolution
that would insert in MS Word and be reasonably easily readable would be OK.

Thanks for your help.
Regards,
Chris

 

Voxan maybe? Or possibly Bimota.

 

I had to google for Voxan, crap website, but squinting it looks like
they are glorified Ducatis.

Bimota is ok, but apart from the failed 2 stroke did they ever try and
produce an engine?


I haven't got any better suggestions, the Norton F1 rotary is the
nearest thing I can think of in recent(ish) years.

 

I've just resorted to googling in order to back the remaining
braincells up: early Vincents used JAP engines and, looking at one web
[1] reference "Philip Vincent designed and built his first motorcycle
in 1924. He purchased HRD in 1928 and continued a tradition of making
fast, well-crafted but expensive machines" [2]. The early use of
bought in power plants was my initial reason for including Bimota,
however the "well-crafted but expensive machines" applies equally to
Bimota.

I'd suggest Hesketh, but that's pushing things a bit far. How about
Hinckley Triumphs, especially the early, modular range?

[1] I read it on t'Internet, so it must be true
[2] http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/britbikes/brit_v.html