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When Tony McAlpine raced that bike at Bathurst, most of the other bikes in the race were 500cc Manx Nortons, a Vincent has twice the capacity - so should do something. In Victoria, Arthur Pimm used to race a Vincent motor in a featherbed frame - he also won a lot of races. However in effect, it is stupid stuff. There was always a reason that most road races were run in capacity classes. The Unlimited Class was always stupid - it proves nothing. - I'd buy one of Hinton's works' Manxes before I'd buy that Vincent.

[QUOTE="acotrel, post: 363448, member: 4295"] When Tony McAlpine raced that bike at Bathurst, most of the other bikes in the race were 500cc Manx Nortons, a Vincent has twice the capacity - so should do something. In Victoria, Arthur Pimm used to race a Vincent motor in a featherbed frame - he also won a lot of races. However in effect, it is stupid stuff. There was always a reason that most road races were run in capacity classes. The Unlimited Class was always stupid - it proves nothing. - I'd buy one of Hinton's works' Manxes before I'd buy that Vincent. [/QUOTE]