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In many if not most cases ownership of such expensive toys is mainly for show and tell.

When I was building the 1360 Vincent Special Terry Prince was happy to hear I would be giving it a good whipping now and then.

He confided that most of his aging, well heeled male customers just want a machine that is unobtainium for lesser males.

He said"They want a "Coffee Shop Racer".

He explained that this is  not at all the same as a Cafe Racer. The original Cafe Racers were modest bikes that were ridden hard.

The Coffee Shop Racer is an outrageously expensive and rare bike that only gets ridden a few gentle miles to the Coffee Shop. At the Coffee Shop, the bike, and by extension  the owner, receive as much slathering adulation as possible.

Potter home afterward, success!


Glen


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