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[CountingGx85Gx8G9s]

Made my heart go thump, thump, thump (in a secret collection):

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[Bozzie]

Made my heart go thump, thump, thump (in a secret collection):
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Love these old bikes, my Dad had a Vincent 1000cc Rapide, as a youngster I'd be clinging on for dear life , no helmets in those days, still love bikes 😃😎

 

[Richard]

My Dad (born 1927) had a Vincent too, and quite possibly that model. I should look in the family archives and find out. In later life he would sometimes hear a distant motorcycle approaching and say "I think that's a Vincent", and he was usually right.

Then when my parents were courting, he added a sidecar to the Vincent, and there are pictures somewhere of my mother peering nervously out from it.

-R

 

[Bozzie]

My Dad (born 1927) had a Vincent too, and quite possibly that model. I should look in the family archives and find out. In later life he would sometimes hear a distant motorcycle approaching and say "I think that's a Vincent", and he was usually right.

Then when my parents were courting, he added a sidecar to the Vincent, and there are pictures somewhere of my mother peering nervously out from it.

-R

Yes, spot on, my Dad did the same thing, he had a Watsonian double adult side car fitted , he also had a Panther single and side car for a while , my brother and I ,( there were four of us kids eventually, so he had to buy a car ) would be rocking around in the sidecar while my Dad was kicking it over.😃