User contributions for Vintagent
A user with 558 edits. Account created on 6 August 2006.
27 November 2020
- 00:5200:52, 27 November 2020 diff hist −87 Avis and Effie Hotchkiss No edit summary
- 00:5000:50, 27 November 2020 diff hist +147 Avis and Effie Hotchkiss added citation
- 00:4700:47, 27 November 2020 diff hist +47 Avis and Effie Hotchkiss No edit summary
- 00:4500:45, 27 November 2020 diff hist +742 Avis and Effie Hotchkiss major additions to this remarkable story with attributions
3 July 2020
- 20:0820:08, 3 July 2020 diff hist +61 m The Credibility Gap added citation
- 17:3017:30, 3 July 2020 diff hist +85 Talk:The Credibility Gap →Cliff Vaughs
- 17:2917:29, 3 July 2020 diff hist +6 m Talk:The Credibility Gap →Cliff Vaughs
- 17:2817:28, 3 July 2020 diff hist +593 Talk:The Credibility Gap →Cliff Vaughs: response to query
- 17:2317:23, 3 July 2020 diff hist −132 The Credibility Gap removed unhelpful link to article in LA Times Archives
1 July 2020
- 19:4719:47, 1 July 2020 diff hist +103 m The Credibility Gap No edit summary
- 19:4519:45, 1 July 2020 diff hist +118 The Credibility Gap Added Clifford Vaughs as co-founder of Credibility Gap as noted in LA Times in 1969
28 May 2020
- 17:0617:06, 28 May 2020 diff hist +62 Yamaha YM1 contemporary sale prices are so variable as to be meaningless, so not worthy of inclusion here
29 April 2020
- 17:1617:16, 29 April 2020 diff hist +69 Dave Ekins →Motorcycle racing career: oops, revised.
- 17:1217:12, 29 April 2020 diff hist 0 Dave Ekins →Motorcycle racing career: it was '61...the CL72 was not introduced until '62, and these bikes were prototypes...
18 March 2020
- 15:4215:42, 18 March 2020 diff hist +1,234 History of the electric vehicle →First practical electric cars: Expanded Gustave Trouvé section as the first electric vehicle
- 15:3215:32, 18 March 2020 diff hist −696 History of the electric vehicle →First practical electric cars: The claim about Kravogl is an incorrect translation of 'kraftrad' into 'motorcycle', which is not correct before 1900. Kravogl built an electric wheel, but did not attach it to a bicycle. I have just confirmed this with the director of the Vienna Technical Museum.
7 February 2020
- 10:2610:26, 7 February 2020 diff hist −1 Jimmy Simpson (motorcyclist) →End of career (1934): he won the Euro championship 5 times
13 January 2020
- 04:3204:32, 13 January 2020 diff hist +2 Triumph TR6 Trophy A Trophy was not used in the Great Escape: it was a stunt Triumph modified to look like a German military motorcycle.
11 December 2019
- 00:0900:09, 11 December 2019 diff hist +67 Simplex Manufacturing Corporation Let's not forget Confederate motorcycles...
9 December 2019
- 21:2121:21, 9 December 2019 diff hist +6 Mustang (motorcycle) No edit summary
30 November 2019
- 15:0015:00, 30 November 2019 diff hist +15 Benelli Volcano No edit summary
29 November 2019
- 15:2315:23, 29 November 2019 diff hist +5 Bimota →Products
- 15:2215:22, 29 November 2019 diff hist −37 Bimota →Products
- 15:2015:20, 29 November 2019 diff hist +17 Bimota →Products
- 15:1515:15, 29 November 2019 diff hist +6 Bimota →Products: clarified language
28 November 2019
- 22:5122:51, 28 November 2019 diff hist 0 MV Agusta 600 dates incongruent: clarified
- 15:2715:27, 28 November 2019 diff hist +698 Ducati →1970s: production notes: sales flop of 860gt and variants, success of 900ss, with refs
- 15:1215:12, 28 November 2019 diff hist +707 Ducati 860 GT summary of sales flop of Guigiaro styling in 1975, and need for re-styling for 1976
- 15:0215:02, 28 November 2019 diff hist −126 Ducati 860 GT Riding position was the same as the 750GT
22 November 2019
- 05:2205:22, 22 November 2019 diff hist −2 James Cycle Co No edit summary
- 05:1305:13, 22 November 2019 diff hist +1 m BSA Bantam →History
15 November 2019
- 19:2919:29, 15 November 2019 diff hist +20 Lightning Motorcycle clarified this is an ebike...
12 November 2019
- 19:4419:44, 12 November 2019 diff hist +49 BSA A65 Star →Development: reworded with a less negative bias
- 18:2418:24, 12 November 2019 diff hist +197 Royal Enfield Bullet →1995–1997: Let's be honest: the name was not purchased, but won in a lawsuit
- 15:3415:34, 12 November 2019 diff hist +32 Aermacchi →Racing History
- 15:3315:33, 12 November 2019 diff hist +115 Aermacchi →Racing History: added ref
- 15:3115:31, 12 November 2019 diff hist +450 Aermacchi →Racing History: four world championships had not been included!
17 October 2019
- 21:5821:58, 17 October 2019 diff hist +4 m Mélanie Berliet No edit summary
- 21:5821:58, 17 October 2019 diff hist +203 Mélanie Berliet Current book release / first children's book
11 April 2019
- 16:5916:59, 11 April 2019 diff hist +319 Mélanie Berliet New position noted, with refs.
22 March 2019
- 16:5216:52, 22 March 2019 diff hist −7 Café racer lightly powered? Meaningless
20 March 2019
- 22:4122:41, 20 March 2019 diff hist 0 Silver Dream Racer organized...
17 March 2019
- 15:1315:13, 17 March 2019 diff hist −2 Triumph Tiger 100 →Pre-war production: grammar correction
4 March 2019
- 00:0700:07, 4 March 2019 diff hist +9 Phil Irving Clarified the timeline
15 February 2019
- 22:5522:55, 15 February 2019 diff hist −30 Kawasaki Kz1000 →Z1000 Z1-R: edit for clarity
- 22:4822:48, 15 February 2019 diff hist −41 Kawasaki Z1 →History: edited for clarity
- 22:4522:45, 15 February 2019 diff hist +4 Kawasaki Z1 →History: clarification: 19mph over the Daytona lap record. The 24-hour speed record stood at 100.64mph in 1961 (Velocette), and was progressively raised in the 1960s by BMW and Honda.
- 22:1822:18, 15 February 2019 diff hist −131 List of fastest production motorcycles →Fastest production motorcycles: The Harley-Davidson EL/FL Knucklehead was never the fastest motorcycle in any category. In the USA, the Crocker V-twin was faster, and on the global market, the Vincent-HRD Series A Rapide was also faster.
12 February 2019
- 23:4623:46, 12 February 2019 diff hist −2 m Collodion process →21st century
- 23:4523:45, 12 February 2019 diff hist +115 Collodion process →21st century: added refs and links
