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I bought a Triumph Bonneville. Rode it an hour, fixed it an hour, road it an hour, fixed it an hour. etc etc etc. All hail Lucas the Prince of Darkness........Bob
I have listened to that bull shit for 40 years.
Not too many motorcycles inspire a song.
I will make sure to share these photos with my father, who has had several Vincents, and the one I grew up with, a 1952 Black Shadow, he rode on the Isle of Man. My mother was none too happy as he did that when I was less than a year old. No handy photos of the Shadow, but here's one of him with his 'Norvin':
walked into Big Sid's (the famous Vincent tuner) shop on Va. Beach Blvd. back in the day and saw my first (2) Black Shadows, a red Rapide and he had a Black Lightning (!) roped off on the floor. I had at the time a 75 Norton 850 C. and had been calling around looking for a Vincent after having read Peter Egan's famous Vincent story....had to have one I thought. So someone tells me about Sid's shop at the beach......1/2 hour away ?!!!! ...broke the sound barrier getting there ....walked in the door of the little unassuming strip mall store front ....jaw dropped im thinking "that's why he's called BIG Sid "... second impression HOLY@#$%! ...like discovering the holy grail in your backyard.Sid spent an hour or so educating me on all things Vincent ,like how you lower the engine stands, quick disconnect the oil and gas lines and roll
the whole front of the bike out of the way.. COOL! So I decide to ask...how much?.....25k if you buy it today sir......dreams of blasting down the road at midnight .....CRUSHED instantly, I had only paid 500.00 for the 13k original mile original paint clean Norton....@#$%!... hindsight- to have one tuned by the man himself?
!@#$%! oh well... still don't have one but here's one that showed up last summer at our town square.
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I will make sure to share these photos with my father, who has had several Vincents, and the one I grew up with, a 1952 Black Shadow, he rode on the Isle of Man. My mother was none too happy as he did that when I was less than a year old. No handy photos of the Shadow, but here's one of him with his 'Norvin':
There is a song about the "Vincent Black Shadow" that I've heard along the way. Not too many motorcycles inspire a song.
The front brake on that Norvin is a very special piece. One of the few four leading shoe
brake setups.
There's a gent local to me who has been known to ride his Vincent to work every day.
Yep, a black shadow on public roads, in commuter mode. Amazing.
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