1953 Vincent Series C Black Shadow for sale on BaT Auctions sold for
Why this vehicle?The Vincent Black Shadow is in a class all its own. Owning one is an opportunity most will only dream about. The first true superbike, the V.
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The Vincent was equipped throughout with unique, features such as the reversible rear wheel, sprocket each side, to offer quick-change final-drive ratios should the owner wish to attach a sidecar, or do some drag racing. Located under the seat, full tool kits were supplied, but axles were equipped with tommy bars for convenience.
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In this excerpt from Chapter 2, "Intriguing Circumstances," enter an abandoned warehouse in Ho Chi Minh City, and discover the story behind a rare Vincent Black Shadow engine. The city of Saigon houses many secrets.
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This 1951 Series C Black Shadow is now on loan from author and Vincent specialist Matthew Biberman. As detailed in Biberman's memoir Big Sid's Vincati, this example was given to Matthew's father "Big Sid" by his riding buddy Ed Leksa in the mid 90s. Sid then restored the bike for his son.
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Design Series C engine Engine and transmission The Black Shadow uses a version of the air-cooled four-stroke 50° V-twin engine that powers the Vincent Rapide. [3] Bore and stroke of the undersquare twin are 84 mm and 90 mm respectively, giving a displacement of 998 cc (60.9 cu in). [4]
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With such a rich history it is no wonder that the legend of the HRD Vincent being the world's fastest motorcycle lives on. But with only 11,000 built after the war, 7,000 of which are known to exist, the bloodline is fading fast. The low-revving Vincent Black Shadow officially became the world's fastest motorcycle when it broke 186 MPH - in.
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Design. The Black Shadow was introduced in 1948 during a time when Vincent had developed a good rapport with its customer base. Designed by engineers Phil Vincent and Phil Irving, the motorbike married a unique design with a high-speed engine. It possessed an air-cooled four-stroke 998 cc V-twin used for the Vincent Rapide.
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Suffix preceded by a slash is as follows: = metric taper bearings in the front wheel only = both wheels. = ball bearings on the wheels = different locking mechanism. Be especially careful of the suffix. For example: RC #### B is a Black Shadow. RC #### /B is a Rapide with metric bearings in the rear wheel.
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The fully-restored, ex-works Vincent Black Shadow formed part of the factory's bid to set a new 24-hour speed record at Montlhéry in France in May 1952. Although mechanical failures prevented the bid from being successful, the British team returned home with eight new records, including six hours at over 100mph..
1953 Vincent Black Shadow Was Fast on the Road, Now Is Fast to Snatch
The Vincent Black Shadow is one of few motorcycles that can truthfully claim to be powered by an engine designed by a man who would go on to design a Formula 1 World Championship winning V8 - the Repco 620 series engine that would defeat engines built by Ferrari, Maserati, BRM, Ford, Climax, Weslake, Cosworth, Honda, and Serenissima.
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1951 Vincent Black Shadow. The Black Shadow might just be the most famous motorcycle ever built, with an iconic history thanks to moments like Rollie Free's bathing suit speed run on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Black Shadows were handmade, and less than 1,700 were built in total. In the words of Hunter S. Thompson, " If you rode the Black.
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The Black Shadow was the most powerful standard motorcycle of its time. In an age when the magical "ton" (100 mph) still quickened pulses, the 125-mph top speed of the normal version of Free's.
1951 Vincent Black Shadow Achieves £83,250 At H&H Auction
1948-1952 Vincent offers the Vincent Black Lightning, a racing version of the Vincent Black Shadow. 1955 The Vincent company goes out of business. 1979 Vincent dies.
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The Smith's speedo shows 3,204 miles. Find this Series C for sale in Cody, Wyoming with bidding up to $69,100 here on eBay. Post-Sale Update: This Black Shadow sold for $75,000. One of the most famous motorcycles of all time, the Vincent Black Shadow was built in response to riders wanting a faster version of the Rapide. In a time when cars.
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The Vincent Black Shadow - An Introduction. If the Brough Superior was the Rolls-Royce of motorcycles, then the Vincent Black Shadow was the Aston Martin. When Vincent began back in 1928 they started out the way they meant to keep going as "the makers of the world's fastest motorcycles". In fact the pièce de résistance Vincent, the.
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Vincent Black Prince and Black Shadow sell for $122,500 at Bonhams Las Vegas The results of the Bonhams Las Vegas auction that we mentioned earlier are now in, and several of the bikes we featured from the L. Paul Du Pont Collection exceeded pre-auction guesstimates to sell for some amazing prices.