The March VOC rally to Tasmania

A bit of a test ride for next years Gypsy Tour 2026, the Vincent Owners Club rally was well attended with 82 Vincents and only my Vindian. Members Owen Jones rode his Vincati, while Dave Kimpton rode his Series C touring Rapide, our honorary member Jason Douglas drove back-up (the giant) which he will be doing next year on our Tour. Gary Rizzole rode a 1970 Bonneville and joined our small group, all the bikes in our group went well with over 1400 klms covered my saddlebag mounts broke, fortunately Owen had a small arc welder on board so it was a easy fix! The weather was reasonable only two wet days the rest were excellent. A full report will be in your next Smoke Signals, Member Guy Allen just imported a Rapide from USA so we are getting quite a number of Vincent’s in our club, I myself have just bought a 5000k Ducati GT 1974 so those Italians are also infiltrating!