Vincent Black Motorcycle

Vincent produced motorcycles from 1932 55 when it went bankrupt.

Vincent black motorcycle. The vincent black knight is a british motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by vincent motorcycles. The black shadow was the ultimate expression of philip vincent s dream of combining comfort quality engineering and speed in a single motorcycle. The vincent black shadow is legendary for its name its all black finish and the fact that it was the fastest production motorcycle in the world from 1948 to 1973. The vincent black shadow qualifies in almost every respect as the world s first superbike both in terms of the sheer power and speed it was capable of and in terms of the riding experience it delivered.

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. More than a half century after the last bike left the factory in stevenage england people still praise the vincent black shadow. The bike was a purpose built factory modified black shadow that was then named and produced as the black lightning. His father purchased hrd in 1928 at a bankruptcy sale and vincent incorporated his chassis design in the new.

In 1952 after financial losses were experienced when releasing capital to produce a vincent engined prototype indian vindian for the us market during 1949. A bike so powerful that you might indeed expect to end your life on earth and go to join the choir invisible if you persistently pushed it to its limits. 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. A factory delivered black lightning was capable of 150 mph if you were brave enough and no small amount of bravery was required as braking technology hadn t yet caught up with rapidly increasing horsepower levels.

The name was changed to vincent engineers stevenage ltd. The 1948 vincent black shadow was at the time the world s fastest production motorcycle. The vincent black lightning was the fastest and most desirable motorcycle in the world when it was released in 1948. If you were a motorcycle fan or speed freak in the late 40s and early 50s the vincent black shadow and black lightning motorcycles were some of the most desirable vehicles on the planet.

A year before the factory closed in 1955 vincent produced the enclosed range of black knight and black prince. 1948 american racer rollie free sets a motorcycle land speed record of 150 mph on a modified vincent black shadow at the. 1928 vincent launches his self named motorcycle company.