Rapide Unrivalled Retirement Ride
95% of my motorcycle riding aboard a Vincent. Daily transport for years, my first was purchased in about 1970, a Black Shadow C from 1954, reg number UPJ 745. It cost £200, funded by my little sideline of buying and selling on the odd Lambretta,” my host explained. Tim was the Tesco store manager in Weymouth at the time, and his Vincent was often parked nearby; one day a customer came in to offer him another. With a young family, money was tight so he declined, but the customer proved to be persistent and became a regular visitor. Each time the offer was politely refused. The
