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THE French CONNECTION

IT IS ironic that safety-minded Switzerland, where you get fined for going 2km/h over the speed limit, should have produced one of the greatest sports bikes of the past half-century, the Egli-Vincent V-twin, invented in 1969 by Fritz Egli. It’s even more improbable that, for the past 40 years, the most dedicated and capable restorer and recreator of Vincent (and Egli-Vincent) motorcycles is not an Englishman, but a ‘bloody Frog’. Using that term denotes no sense of chauvinism (though Monsieur Chauvin was indeed French) for that’s what the late Patrick Godet, French Vincent expert par excellence, always called himself!

“MY REPLICAS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE AND ENJOY THE BIKES, NOT OWN THEM AS INVESTMENTS”

Patrick Frog passed away suddenly on November 25, 2018, aged 67, at his home in the Normandy countryside north of Rouen, and his loss will be keenly felt by Vincent owners and enthusiasts worldwide, as well as by his friends in classic racing. Many of them used the vast array of high-quality Godet Motorcycles parts to restore or

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