Vincent head engineer Phil Irving was working on some tracings of the firm’s 499cc single cylinder engine in 1936. As things got moved around, two of the tracings lined up roughly in the shape of a ...

Vincent history Vincent produced only 78 of these bikes between 1936 and the summer of 1939, and only about 50 survive today. It was nicknamed the ‘plumbers nightmare’ because of all of its external ...

While the Rapide was the grandaddy of superbikes, the Vincent Black Shadow and Lightning ultimately stole all the thunder as they were wildly fast, as was the prototype Lighting machine Rollie Free - ...

In less than 10 days, the Bonhams auction house will have a very special motorcycle under the hammer: an 1952 Vincent Rapide Series C "Black Lightning" Special,a fully race-specced piece of bike ...

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Neale certainly enjoys the experience of riding the Rapide, claiming it to be a career highlight. Of course he can’t help but be the motojournalist he is and evaluates the bike fairly. “When you put ...

They’re calling it “The World’s Most Coveted Motorcycle.” Hyperbole? Maybe, but it’s still cool – and it could be yours. This legendary 1938 Vincent-HRD Series A Rapide is among the most coveted ...

With a Master's degree in English Literature and six years of writing experience, Aayush has been contributing to TopSpeed for over two years. Since 95% of his personality is motorcycles, he goes ...