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A similar picture to my last solo bike, still being ridden by a much younger cousin:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8nDAhys7020/hqdefault.jpg

So far it has been ridden for 250,000 miles since I bought it ex-Army in 1969 with 30 miles on the clock. My cousin still hasn't fitted the crated and unused spare engine made in 1943.
 
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I also prefer Hondas. I’m pretty sure I’ve owned most of their significant models.

Right now i have a black st1300a/pan euro. I’d like to have a black f6b next. Still have my first sohc cb750k.

https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/N0jH5l60qpqr4sfZennf58EZdEA=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/honda-st1300-56a6535e3df78cf7728c69ee.jpg

Love the ST. I was considering one for my current bike but I went with this instead 2013 Triumph Trophy SE:

http://www.2040-motos.com/_content/cars/images/43/149543/001.jpg

And if I need to transport something I use the wife's bike a 1999 Triumph Legend with a Kenna sidecar:

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A similar picture to my last solo bike, still being ridden by a much younger cousin:

https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/bsa-1940-45/images/BSA-1941c-M20-WD-2.jpg

So far it has been ridden for 250,000 miles since I bought it ex-Army in 1969 with 30 miles on the clock. My cousin still hasn't fitted the crated and unused spare engine made in 1943.

250,000 miles? That's cool. And you got a new engine with it or did you buy that separately? I'd kill to own either one of those. My son got the riding bug from me. A friend of mine gave him his old R90 Bemmer when he bought a new Valkyrie. He did this with it:

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250,000 miles? That's cool. And you got a new engine with it or did you buy that separately? I'd kill to own either one of those. ...

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The BSA cost me £25 in 1969. The spare engine (complete with gearbox and magdyno) cost me £10 about three years later. The Army ordered tons of spares when they ordered the motorcycles. The final auction in the 1980s was for 20 tonnes of new spares. There are so many spares around that running a wartime BSA M20 is easier than 1960s British bikes.

They were and are slow, difficult for modern riders who don't understand manual advance/retard, exhaust valve lifters, and aren't used to kickstarting a 500cc single. They also aren't used to a solid rear end, girder forks, and hopping the back wheel around a corner.
 
One of my friends owned a Vincent Black Lightning with 'bobby dodger' battery operated lights so he had registered it for road use. I went pillion on it from Croydon to Brighton down the A23. We exceeded the speed limit by a considerable margin.

https://singout.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/vbl.jpg

Another friend had one of these, a racing Scott Flying Squirrel.

https://silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Scott-Flying-Squirrel-Motorcycle.jpg

We took it in the back of an old van to Brands Hatch for a riding day. The van broke down on the way back. We left the van by the roadside to go back the next day to fix it. I rode the Scott from the roadside to Orpington because I was the only one of us who had insurance to ride any size of motorcycle. The van was worthless; the Scott was priceless.

I was pulled over by the Police about half a mile from my destination. The Scott was not registered for road use, had no lights and no silencers. I told them what had happened to the van. They let me continue 'as quietly as you can, Sir' because they appreciated the value of the Scott.
 
One of my friends owned a Vincent Black Lightning with 'bobby dodger' battery operated lights so he had registered it for road use. I went pillion on it from Croydon to Brighton down the A23. We exceeded the speed limit by a considerable margin.

https://singout.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/vbl.jpg

Another friend had one of these, a racing Scott Flying Squirrel.

https://silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Scott-Flying-Squirrel-Motorcycle.jpg

We took it in the back of an old van to Brands Hatch for a riding day. The van broke down on the way back. We left the van by the roadside to go back the next day to fix it. I rode the Scott from the roadside to Orpington because I was the only one of us who had insurance to ride any size of motorcycle. The van was worthless; the Scott was priceless.

I was pulled over by the Police about half a mile from my destination. The Scott was not registered for road use, had no lights and no silencers. I told them what had happened to the van. They let me continue 'as quietly as you can, Sir' because they appreciated the value of the Scott.

Damn would I ever love to have the chance to ride a Vincent, just to say I have. The closest I have ever been to one was in a museum in Oklahoma. They had a Black Shadow. I got slapped by security for drooling on it.

Did you ever get a chance to see one of the Vintons? The cafe racer with a Vincent engine stuffed into a Norton feather bed frame? I've read about them and seen a picture or two, not very many though. From what I've read they were the pinnacle during the cafe racer hey day.


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Damn would I ever love to have the chance to ride a Vincent, just to say I have. The closest I have ever been to one was in a museum in Oklahoma. They had a Black Shadow. I got slapped by security for drooling on it.

Did you ever get a chance to see one of the Vintons? The cafe racer with a Vincent engine stuffed into a Norton feather bed frame? I've read about them and seen a picture or two, not very many though. From what I've read they were the pinnacle during the cafe racer hey day.


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Vintons? Yes, I've seen one and sat on it, but not ridden it. A well maintained Vincent doesn't need the feather bed frame. You could take your hands off a Vincent at 100mph plus if you were brave enough.

I was too large for most cafe racers but I visited the Salt Box cafe near Biggin Hill several times but my motorcycles - then - weren't suitable for the road racing they did.
 
My second bike, and also my last one when I was really too old to ride, was a BSA Bantam D3 150cc:

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/bsa/10587684.jpg

It was laughed at by the regulars of the Salt Box cafe but was a good commuting bike doing 100 miles to an Imperial gallon.

I also had a Velocette LE with hand gear changing, and hand started - levers on side:

http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/velocette-le.JPG

Both were usable road bikes then. Now they would be out-accelerated by a moped and would be slower than a modern 50cc.
 
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