What are Norvins going for these days?

britbike220 said:
I seriously couldn't imagine being fortunate enough to own a norvin let alone think about seliing one to help finance a new bike that will loose 50% of it's value within a year. Actually I couldn't imagine selling off a TRW to finance a new bike. I know, not my bikes, not my money, not my decision, but it just seems a shame. Can't you talk some sense into your friend. Certainly there has to be some cheaper modern bike that will satisfy his start and go needs. In my opinion a norvin is worth considerably more than an RC8, especially his.
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I know... I told him...
My riding time has just about disappeared and the new ride to work is looking like tickets and death. May have to pass on my Orange bike to him.
What are Norvins going for these days?

Some of his stable kept in Quebec. He was riding the 500 as a daily for the last few years and now is riding the Triumph as daily transport.
 
mrlee said:
willh said:
What are Norvins going for these days?

The only picture I have on file. I'll get him to send me more with the details on the weekend.
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IMHO that's about as good as it gets. Good gracious. AMAZING machine. :D :D
david
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Yup...................
 
Looks like he's come to his senses and will keep the bike, hopefully until I can talk him into selling it to me when I can afford it...
 
That is good to hear. Any new bike is just a machine, either overpriced or priced just right, but nothing to keep for life.
 
Seems like I see some vincent incarnation every couple weeks. Pretty cool that it seems the great majority of them are still used and on the road for being as rare as they are.
 
When you get one like this the skies the limit.....this guy actually rides this frequently but not in the winter :D
and I've stood next to it .It's about as close as I'll get....just out of interest you might like to check out the rest of the photo's on this site..he was an apprentice at Gus Khuns in the Sixties.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikerscafe/3596232944/
 
mrlee said:
willh said:
What are Norvins going for these days?

The only picture I have on file. I'll get him to send me more with the details on the weekend.
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IMHO that's about as good as it gets. Good gracious. AMAZING machine. :D :D
david
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Does "willh" still visit this sight? I believe the pictured Norvin used to be mine. Crashed at Shannonville in August 1977.
Sold to Peter Lecompte who may have moved it to Quebec from Calgary. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank
you. Ken
 
willh said:
I have a friend that dropped by today and told me that he was considering selling his Norvin and asked what I thought he could get for it. I told him I'd look into it for him. This is a little outside of my league. Any Ideas or pointers to others that have sold recently. The bike is a twin in a '52 Featherbed. I'll dig up some photos and more details on engine year an model on the weekend.
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Was the friends name Peter whom I've been trying to locate?
 
It is a better thing than a commando, however what does that mean ? It looks as though it has the early manx frame and wheels which is good. It depends what you are looking for. As a period café racer, it is a great example. I think it would be worth $30K of anyone's money, however you would have to really want that sort of thing. As an historic racer in one of our classes they are good, however you would have to live with it whatever you did with it. It's a labour of love. For me to take on something like that, it would take a complete change of mindset to do it justice.
 
It says somewhere it has a bolt-up 52 dommie frame ?
The front brake is only an early SLS type, which must be interesting at speed ?

$30k for a Norvin ?
Good Vinnies can go for double that. ?? And more...
You only need the bolt-on bits to turn it back to a Vincent,
$30k for a lightning spec motor, going all road equipped is an absolute steal.
If anyone advertised it at that, you'd get killed in the rush ?

Someone mentioned Norvins in slimlines.
Not so sure I've ever seen that combo, do they even fit ??
 
If you want a good bike, the Egli is a much better option than a Norvin. A Norvin as shown in your photos is for some old idiot like myself who lived through the 50s and 60s and knows the real value of an authentic café racer. If someone buys that and takes it out on Sundays, when the kids of today see it they won't know what it is, however will really admire it. And if I saw it somewhere myself, I'd be taking photos of it. It represents the era when the world began and Elvis was King, and Marlon Brando was our leader so we all talked funny. When we had real motorcycles that leaked oil and made noises and smelled nice, and actually had some grunt.
 
grandpaul said:
Those last two are different kettles of fish.
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And the stock one in between one also.

The point being that Vinnies of any flavour are 'spensive,
and all about the same number of shekels.
That $30k is looking dirt cheap...
 
A friend just sold two rusty Vincent fenders for $4200 US. I kid not!
The most common fenders or mudguards fitted to postwar Vincents were polished Birmabright aluminium, however if ordered as a "Touring Model" , the bike was supplied with deeply valenced painted steel fenders.
To my eyes they are very ugly, the opposite of "sporty", but to collectors who have a bike that is listed as fitted with them when new, they are a must have.
A rough looking set sold on EBay for $4500 and my friend joined a blog discussion about the high price. He posted that he had a (slightly) better set sitting on a shelf. The runner up EBay bidder saw the comment and asked to see a photo. They agreed to do a deal at the runner up bidder's last eBay bid amount, $4,200.

Insanity!
 
What do they look like ?

I have something here that I had been contemplating could be one,
but hadn't investigated further.
Recall seeing a bike fitted with them some time back, and he commented that folks keep telling him he has the 'wrong' guards on it !!
 
It looks like its worth a dollar or two . Find the Frame Prefix / Inter ? ? . or its not a std. rear subframe .
 
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Wash your mouth out with soap Matt,
thats a stock standard Vincent Touring Model...

The bar end mirror may not be, but modern riding demands may permit that....
 
Rohan said:
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Wash your mouth out with soap Matt,
thats a stock standard Vincent Touring Model...

The bar end mirror may not be, but modern riding demands may permit that....
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Aftermarket mirrors were always popular.

Is there a more "period" air filter available?
 
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