Vincent Viscount Motorcycle

Back in the 1950s staffordshire motorcycle engineer tom somerton picked up the most successful of the one off specials raced by peter darvill and created the viscount brand name to build vincent engined norton featherbed framed specials which were modified and specified to individual customer requirements.

Vincent viscount motorcycle. The idea was to blend one of the most potent powerplant available on the market at that time with a nimble and sharp norton manx racing rolling frame. Posted on february 14 2014 june 29 2014. By publishing these adverts i do not endorse in any way the sellers or their representatives. Lack of demand brought the project to an end.

This page is dedicated to the egli vincent and other vincent specials offered for sale around the world. 4 sale 2010 2019 archives stolen. Viscount was a motorcycle produced in 1960. Hrd was founded by the british royal flying corps rfc pilot howard raymond davies who was shot down and captured by the germans in 1917.

Vincent motorcycles the makers of the world s fastest motorcycles began with the purchase of hrd motors ltd less the factory premises by philip vincent in may 1928. There is always a story behind a story that sometimes resonates. Gunga din a legend that moved from the shadow to the limelight. If the son of the greatest motorcycle racer who.

I thought it was a real shame to see the west london sections peter ross s viscount for sale in the forthcoming bonhams autumn sale i think viscounts have their place in vincent history along with eglis and parkins i believe when it was purchased relatively recently it was pretty much true to how viscounts were built i have no idea whether there are any more kicking around as tom somerton built them it would be a real loss if that was the last one and was sacrificed to build a fairly. Fritz egli was so impressed by the excellence of the bike presented to him that he appointed godet motorcycles as the sole authorized manufacturer of the egli vincent motorcycle. The viscount the norvin was born in the late 1950s from the hybridization of the vincent engine and the norton frame. This was a brief revival of the australian norvin a 1953 marriage between a 998cc vincent v twin engine and a norton featherbed frame known as the viscount it used the wide line frame norton forks and a manx front hub.

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. Vincent owners have always maintained close relationship with their ride and numbers of those bikes got a nickname along the road or the track. You opinion count 4 sale. Viscount st vincent of meaford in the county of stafford is a title in the peerage of the united kingdom it was created in 1801 for the noted naval commander john jervis earl of st vincent with remainder to his nephews william henry ricketts and edward jervis ricketts successively and after them to his niece mary wife of william carnegie 7th earl of northesk he had already been created baron jervis of meaford in the county of stafford and earl of st vincent in the peerage of great.

Quality and nostalgia a modern take on 1950s motorcycling with two replica vincent specials by kevin ash. Vinnylonglegs sir lancelot the fast lady nero mighty mouse epimetheus are among the most famous but the list goes on. 5 21pm gmt 14 nov 2008.