Vincent Black Knight Motorcycle
In 1952 after financial losses were experienced when releasing capital to produce a vincent engined prototype indian vindian for the us market during 1949.
Vincent black knight motorcycle. The name was changed to vincent engineers stevenage ltd. With the vincent black lightning considered the ferrari gto of motorcycles that puts the black shadow comparable to the ferrari 250 gt lusso the more civilized road going sister to the gto. The 2 condition value for a 250 gt lusso is 1 750 000 with 2018 auction sales ranging from 1 48 million 1 7 million. When the research was complete.
The hagerty motorcycle valuation tool is designed to help you learn how to value your 1955 vincent series d black knight and assess the current state of the classic motorcycle market. The vincent black prince was a british motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by vincent motorcycles. A year before the factory closed in 1955 vincent produced the enclosed range of vincent black knight and black prince. A year before the factory closed in 1955 vincent produced the enclosed range of black knight and black prince.
When production ceased in december 1955 around 460 series d v twins had been built some 200 of which were enclosed models. It was the fastest motorcycle of its era widely considered. Already advertising their existing 110 mph rapide machine as the world s fastest production motorcycle in february 1948 the distinctive vincent black shadow was announced with a top speed of 125 mph. The london based verve search has spent endless hours working with bonhams auction house to create the a list of the top 10 most valuable motorcycles in the world.
The enclosed rapide and black shadow were known as black knight and black prince respectively. The vincent black lightning was a vincent hrd motorcycle first built in september 1948 at the vincent works in great north road stevenage hertfordshire uk and produced from 1948 to 1952. Sadly the motorcycle community greeted the innovative new vincents with suspicion. The 1948 vincent black shadow was at the time the world s fastest production motorcycle.
1955 vincent series d black knight values and more. More than a half century after the last bike left the factory in stevenage england people still praise the vincent black shadow.