tex1230 Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 xpost from TGR but I know not too many of you go there :) Last Sunday morning, A friend and I met up in Norwalk CT and rode to Brit Jam 07in East Hampton, CT. I'll attach some highlights but for all of my pics go to http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w245/tex1230/britiron/?start=0 Ride report... about 150 miles round trip (I logged 201 today including distance from our start point to my home) Ton Up...Check Smiles from cute girls...check My friend's bike is faster than mine...check 1st mod on my otherwise stock Bonnie...check (8-ball choke pull knob - just installed it) Getting lost (only for a minute - but an essential part of any ride)...check It was a great riding day - actually a little cold in the morning, clear skies, light traffic, and no cops Highlights of the meet: My favorite bike - Triton Keanau Reeves's 74 Norton Cafe Triumph cafe - love the orange ends on the pipes apparently, this guy got this bike for free - check out the 64 tooth rear sprocket Vincent Black Shadow...DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL End of the ride - two tired bonnies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 That 8-ball choke knob makes that bike look MINT!! :D I'm not much of a bike rider myself, but I can sure appreciate them. Those are all pretty flippin sweet rides. Even the bonnies are lookin pretty snazzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 So whatever happened to the new Vincents? Looks like the website hasn't been updated in a while. The prototypes looked gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 I heard the Vincent guys ran out of money before they made any bikes. Resurrecting a brand is difficult at best. Here's another resurrected brit brand: 2004 (I think) Royal Enfield - I don't think they survived either. (edit - they are still in business...) I saw somewhere that some guys in califoria are going to try to make nortons again as well. Triumph seems to be the real survivor of the brit brands...although the current rumor is that they are going to be bought out by an Indian company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 Ugh - I saw that Norton and thought man, what squid ruined that bike? Then I saw that it was Keanu's. Vincent - I'm glad that RC51 powered thing never made it. The Black Shadow's engine was the trademark of the original. I read about a British company making replica Vincent parts, and that they're about to offer a complete bike kit. I once had delusions of restoring my father's '66 Bultaco Metralla. Would have looked like this: Wish I had, would have been fun. 250cc two-stroke. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted August 22, 2007 Report Share Posted August 22, 2007 They never stopped making them at the factory in India. Some were imported to UK in the eighties still looking totally 1950s including the oil leaks. BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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