Godet Vincent Motorcycle
The 1948 vincent black shadow was at the time the world s fastest production motorcycle.
Godet vincent motorcycle. 18 246 people like this. Current owner have it since 2004. It is with great sadness that the entire vincent community just learned about the premature death of patrick godet. The bike will be auctioned on may 6 2020 by charterhouse under the lot 70.
Although highly innovating for the time the frame wasn t really strong enough for the speeds and suspension loads endured by the bike and a swiss motorcycle racer named fritz egli had a solution. Long time friend fritz w egli announced godet s passing on his facebook page. 18 419 people follow this. Born for the hill climb the egli vincent is seen by many of us as the ultimate café racer of the 19.
Legendary vincent builder patrick godet has died. Today godet motorcycles is one of the rare workshops exclusively dedicated to the vincent capable of completely rebuilding a machine to the highest standards and building new vincent engines to be fitted in the egli chassis for the most amazing cocktail of authenticity performance and attention to detail. The difference is mostly in the bodywork and the trim. The name was changed to vincent engineers stevenage ltd.
In 1952 after financial losses were experienced when releasing capital to produce a vincent engined prototype indian vindian for the us market during 1949. Both use a black shadow air cooled 50º v twin specification engine and weigh around 172 kg 378 lbs. Society culture website motorcycle manufacturer motorsports store. About egli vincent motorcycles.
Fritz egli was so impressed by the quality of the machine that was presented to him that he gave godet motorcycles the special permission to be the sole manufacturer of these new racing machines under the egli vincent name and even ordered one for himself. The egli vincent was originally built to fix a design flaw in the vincent black shadow its frame. He welded a tubular backbone rather than the bolted original for a far stiffer result and an adaptable one to all kinds of engine applications from mid century british singles to multi cylinder japanese superbike motors. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
To be auctioned in the uk on may 6 2020 by charterhouse auction egli vincent built by bob dunn originally built by bob dunn over 25 years ago it was recently restored by phil cotton motorcycles co. Page transparency see more. See actions taken by the people. A post by egli vincent motorcycles on 27 november read.