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I picked up a few old magazines at the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group rally last weekend and I’m posting a couple of ads from a November 1969 Cycleworld.

One was for Vetter fairings - a one inch single column ad in the classifieds. Vetter was never a big big company but this must have been really early for them – I’m sure they would have moved out of the classifieds later.


The second one that caught my eye is some guy selling a Norton single with sidecar and FOUR(!) Vincent singles. He’s asking $950 for the Norton and $800 each for the Vincents - oh, and $1,450 for the Black Shadow! It reads like a real ad although it mentions Santa’s Workshop which is a bit odd. The thing is, though, there was a theme park in upstate new york called Santa’s Workshop – I dunno. Anyway, the ads are fun.

Oh, the pain of it...those prices!
I sold a Velocette 350 viper back in the early seventies for £17... and reckoned I was profiteering.
Now? About £5-7k I'd guess.

another vincent - this one with a gold plated frame. The name does google up a notable vincent drag racer

The Royal Enfield Interceptor was king in 1968 - then came the commando and the honda cb750 that ate everyone's lunch.

I remember there was a huge tax advantage in buying a bike in europe for export but the glamorous european girl thing.... I dunno.

I think if Enfield produced an interceptor today it would sell.

That Single Swingers ad might just not fly today too many politcally correct.

Bill did you get up to see the Vintage races at Calabogie this weekend there was some good competition?
I was up yesterday with some friends. If I did not have to work I'd go to the 50th Anniversary of Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport on Aug 11-13.
The list of who is going to be there is impressive something like 20 people who participated in '67 including Yvon Duhammel.
www.vrra.ca
Not too far from American border for any in the upper states that are interested.