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1950 Vincent Black Shadow Image Credit: Photo: Courtesy of PJ Archives. If the Brough Superior was the world's first superbike, the Vincent Black Shadow was the forefather to the Suzuki GSX.
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The Vincent Black Shadow Was the Real First Superbike
The Vincent Black Shadow is a British motorcycle designed and built at the Vincent works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire UK. Motorcycles produced by Vincent H·R·D at their factory in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England were renowned for their design innovation, engineering excellence and high performance.
A Brief History of the Vincent Black Shadow The World's First Superbike
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..
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1952 VINCENT BLACK SHADOW BACKGROUND Brilliantly designed by doubling up the 499cc Vincent Comet single-cylinder engine into a 50-degree V-twin, the Vincent Black Shadow was introduced in 1949. It followed on the heals of the Vincent Rapide, which was more of a touring bike. The buying public wanted more power, more "sport" and so the big V-twin was tuned up with bigger ports, carbs and.
1951 Vincent Series C Black Shadow for sale on BaT Auctions sold for 82,500 on August 22
This 1951 Vincent Black Shadow is a Series C model that left the factory on February 2, 1951 and was sold new by Indian Sales of San Francisco, California. Power is provided by a 998cc V-twin, which features an integrated 4-speed gearbox and is paired with its matching upper frame member.
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A Vincent Black Shadow with matching numbers—this was a remarkable find. Definitely in need of work, but it was Vincent, specifically a 1951 Series C.
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by Glenn Bewley. 1949 Vincent Black Shadow. The mythical Vincent in the barn. It's the holy grail of vintage motorcycles, the find every vintage motorcycle junkie dreams about. And sometimes, the dream comes true. This all started one night with a phone call from an old friend. He'd been contacted by a man in Philadelphia whose company had.
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The Vincent Rapide: The Father of the Black Shadow (1936-1955) The V-twin engine that Phil Irving created was made with a 47° "V", because the rearward set of the engine's idler was 23½°, so putting two together meant 23½° + 23½° = 47°.
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A 1952 Vincent Black Shadow is among these bikes. It's a Series C Black Shadow, most would agree about the most developed of regular production Vincent motorcycles.
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The Vincent Black Shadow was so fast that nothing could lay a glove on it for a quarter of a century. It's forever associated with the great Rollie Free and that photograph of the American daredevil, stripped to his trunks, lying on his front as he made a record 150 mph run at Bonneville in 1948. But that was a factory-prepared Black Lightning special.
Restored Vincent Black Shadow 1953 Photographs at Classic Bikes Restored Bikes Restored
It's Jay Leno's favorite motorcycle: the classic English superbike known as the Vincent Black Shadow. More than 50 years after the last one rolled off the line, the Black Shadow is still an.
The Fiendish Vincent Black Shadow Journey of the Orange Thread
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. At that time, Sid-as was his wont-did.
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The Black Shadow reflected this attitude. This menacing black monolith of a bike looks intimidating enough to make modern Harleys and Indians spill coolant all over themselves. When looking at the Shadow, there's almost the sense it was constructed directly from melted down Spitfires before being painted shiny and black.
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