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My
Word

I know I liking irking the purists but that's a bit much.

^ the exhaust is a bit hideous ....

I'd say that's #1 with a bullet in the WTF? Top Ten...

The mad part is that according to the advert the bike won'Special of the year' at Stafford,WTF came 2nd & 3rd?

Vincent Comet engine 84x100 - 566cc
Fitted with Rapide frame, Gilera single sided front fork and modified Honda single sided swinging arm which has variable ride height suspension unit.
Engine fitted with rebuilt magneto, new 1 3/8” GP carburettor, 12 volt dynamo, mated to an AMC gearbox/ clutch. Starts easily. Road registered with age related reg. number. Disc brakes back and front.Winner of the 2018 Stafford Classic Bike Show special of the year award.
I can no longer ride a motorcycle due to muscular problems.

I cant wait to see @Tricky reaction to that.

crust wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:57 pm I cant wait to see @Tricky reaction to that.

Eek, yep, that's absolutely hideous, I waste of a Comet engine and I also suspect barely an improvement on the original girdraulics...
I quite like the upswept exhaust ( and it's given me ideas), but that's where it ends for this one

This, on the other hand, I quite liked (awful seat/tail unit aside)- was built by a close friend of Ian Hamilton, a long-time Vincent fancier and reasonabley handy BOTT racer, as a sort of road-going single-cylinder version of Ian's race bike



And for anyone that hasn't seen what the original looks like, here is what the best ever 500cc British bike looks like as standard

Tricky wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:05 pm

crust wrote: Fri Jul 21, 2023 5:57 pm I cant wait to see @Tricky reaction to that.

Eek, yep, that's absolutely hideous, I waste of a Comet engine and I also suspect barely an improvement on the original girdraulics...
I quite like the upswept exhaust ( and it's given me ideas), but that's where it ends for this one

This, on the other hand, I quite liked (awful seat/tail unit aside)- was built by a close friend of Ian Hamilton, a long-time Vincent fancier and reasonabley handy BOTT racer, as a sort of road-going single-cylinder version of Ian's race bike



And for anyone that hasn't seen what the original looks like, here is what the best ever 500cc British bike looks like as standard

Pile of cack that they are, they do look nice.

Rockburner wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:10 pm
Pile of cack that they are, they do look nice.

A very stately looking motorbicycle. One could well imagine a gentleman owning such a thing.

Skub wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:17 pm

Rockburner wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:10 pm
Pile of cack that they are, they do look nice.

A very stately looking motorbicycle. One could well imagine a gentleman owning such a thing.

One could indeed

But there's a big hole under the seat

The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:42 pm But there's a big hole under the seat

and bar end mirrors!

Druid wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 7:49 pm

The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 3:42 pm But there's a big hole under the seat

and bar end mirrors!

But it's got proper mudguards and a black seat.

Time to lay off the drugs...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195890359641

A_morti wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:11 pm Time to lay off the drugs...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195890359641

Current bid 51 quid... seems generous

I've just understood - it's in Swansea.

"I’m reluctantly selling due to I’ll health " (sic)

mangocrazy wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:47 pm "I’m reluctantly selling due to I’ll health " (sic)

Be kind, he's from Swansea.

A_morti wrote: Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:11 pm Time to lay off the drugs...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195890359641

It looks like the bastard offspring of Jim Bowen and Pinocchio with a bad meth habit.

Just when I thought a 600 divvy couldn't look any worse

Up to £112 now with a day left to run... the excitement!