Oct 15 2009
The “Vintage” Edition XS
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A 79′ Special with several cosmetic and functional updates for better performance and reliability. A hoot to ride – a salute to the Brits earlier styling.


Frank Ovanin
A 79′ Special with several cosmetic and functional updates for better performance and reliability. A hoot to ride – a salute to the Brits earlier styling.


Frank Ovanin
I don’t get it…
” A Pommy flag do not maketh a Pommy bike ” Mate!!
After 50 years of riding AJS;Matchless:Enfield;BSA; Norton; Benelli; and even a Six speed side valve Bridgestone GTS 350 – this bike does it all for me.
Comfortable,Clean,fast enough, and reliable and Safe transportation – that’s what it is all about – this one put the “Pommy” bikes back on their trailers…….
Mate I couldn’t agree more, I to have owned 3 pommy bikes and was drawn to there classic lines and cool sound, but one does learn after many hours spent on the side of the road in the hot Queensland sun that basicaly there bits of shit. Still my point stands a Pommy flag does not maketh a pommy bike.
I pushed a button to get it started (within 2 Seconds) – rode 26 miles for a great Deli Sandwich, and then back home without incident on a great Fall Day here in Southeastern Missouri. Pure Bliss.
If this had been my Norton GT replica (Senior Ace bars;Single saddle: fiberglass tank and fenders; rear sets and itty bitty muffs – basically a Unicycle with a training wheel in front……..I’d probably still be out searching the path I took to pick up the bits and expensive pieces that vibrated off while en route so I could re-install them ……… again
Instead, when I arrived home – 52 miles later – I topped off the oil, checked the chain for lube, gave it a light rub to remove a few drops that squeezed out in the past 52 freeway miles, and turned out the lights – ready for the next ride.
Nice and clean looking bike.