Racing Vincent HRD

[timeallows]

HELL YES!!!

[shmackahippie]

Knee down on a Vincent must be incredible!!! That muffler must be half ground off!

[DenisHuaHin]

does anyone remember George Brown, i think from Stevenage had a Vincent 1000 drag bike called Nemo?

[steelbraces]

@DenisHuaHin Hello, yes, I well remember George Brown, and his two sprinters, Nero

and Super Nero (not Nemo). Super Nero was supercharged.

George was Vincents' Test Driver, and, after Vincents so sadly closed in 1955, He had plenty of access to engines, which he put in to frames of his own design. The British motorcycle press were full of him at the time. I well remember reading at the time that one of them did a standing start quarter mile with an exit speed of over 140 mph!

[ProSimex]

Hey Ive got this amazing old vincent, lets make a really really good video of it... nah fuck it. Slideshow with crappy music, thats what it deserves!

[kinghamracing]

@ProSimex too busy riding it pal.

[MrStubat]

@ProSimex Couldnt agree more...if I look at a bike I want to HEAR it...

[dineshverma11]

Brit bikes has a different feel!! and can say are the most beautiful Motorcycles in the world

[sitarnut]

@dineshverma11 Right on my friend! - will never forget my '69' Bonnie. Never a mill and headers like that- looking down over the tank at the gorgeous curve the headers make coming out from, to me anyway, the most beautiful motorcycle engine in the world.... Art

& Science met here with few peers / contenders.

[dublin0850]

what does a vincent sound like

[kinghamracing]

@dublin0850 See my other vids

[treborif]

@dublin0850 definately not like a harley! which sound like a ploppy wet fart, not as 'deep' as a moto guzzi, not so much a 'rumble' as a flat 'bark' - the first time i heard one i was surprised - I was riding a darmah - cos it sounded way different to any other bike (V twin that is) - urgent!, gnarly! fucking wikked!

[dublin0850]

@treborif good to hear it dosnt sound like a harley moto guzzi would be ok maybe someday i will hear a vincent nothing much except harleys around here.

[fritshits77]

SOOOO SUPER to see this GODDAMN FABULOUS UNIQUE DREAM BIKE on the track instead of in some rich collector`s showroom !!!!! HAIL TO THE RIDER !!!!!

[masmith1960]

Great Vincent and I wish I could ride like that.

[diegoin3]

wow what an amazing bike the true first super bike i have too say .

a head of its time technology superb superb

[Del350K4]

Now that was beautiful...

[bobodd5]

no not cool hot!

[edslides]

that vincent up on its back wheel at the end is one of the sexiest motorsickle pitchers ive ever seen.

magically delicious

[crazytrain7114]

simply stunning!! i wish harley was on the trash heap of history, instead of innovators such as matchless indian an vincent

[tom14854]

nice song - is someone knowin' the titel and Interpret

[fritshits77]

@tom14854 guess you found out by now but just in case not : it`s Radiohead with the song HIGH& DRY!

[Squatmyster]

wow thats some lean angle for those skiny tyres, and youre not a small geezer either. good rider.! Very Cool.

[tripletrash]

he could get a lot more with a different pipe(it looks like that one will drag) and a better riding position. My friend rides a 1972 triumph t140 on avons and he can get that thing cranked over.

[chamberlandbigshtyle]

very cool bike!!!

[atreewithnolife]

thanks awsome bike!

[atreewithnolife]

wot is the song called?

[FourZoas]

High and Dry - Radiohead.

[ediebrokenwing]

I think our old Vincent was owned by a successful racer in the 60's anyone know how to track that info down?

[ManxAce500]

Great video.

[charlessmyth]

Vincents handled well due to a triangulated rear subframe & using the engine as a stress-member. Yamaha adopted this principle for the Virago. Girdraulic forks (C series) in lieu of teles also helped. There's no way to build one on the cheap from bits. Best policy is buy a good one an enthusiast has kept well maintained. Beware a worn bottom end for bad vibration, which is difficult & expensive to fix without super accurate pressing of the crank or machining as one piece, which is impractical.

[coopersuperfastguy]

less tunes more motor

[Thruxstew]

not wanting to be an awkward bastard but where's the sound of the engine instead of some chappie strumming the guitar and singin a soppy song?

[kinghamracing]

hahaha! If there was sound i would have left it in, but its a series of pictures and a slowmo clip..?

[005davidragon]

there is NO way in HELL a sportster could do that! this would beat the crap out of a harley from the same time period or even 2 decades later in a flatrack racke, hands down.

and onearmbiker said he'd give his right arm, the great thing is, a vincent could probably be ridden with one arm easier than any other bike... man i want to be a millionaire, i know exactly how to spend it all.

[SuperSkyrail]

If you really want a Vincent, the cheapest way of owning one is to build one; there are still parts available being made. It was in the will of the founder of Vincent that all the parts must be available. I'm only 18, but I have decided what I'll do for my midlife crisis lol.

[005davidragon]

it's really cheaper? how much?

i already knew the parts were still available, but if it's cheaper that's what i'll want to do, because it would be brand new, plus there would be a sense of accomplishment for building something like that.

of course, there's the problem of figuring out how to do it (but i figure I'll have a decade or two before i even think about starting) for now... I'll start saving...

[SuperSkyrail]

well I've been adding some parts up, and it's still expensive, but its around £800-£1000 per system (I.E. front brakes and front wheel: £975, fuel tank £800, owning a vincent which goes like lightning: priceless haha) I got a spare parts catalog last week, which shows all the sections in exploded diagrams and all the parts you need, and I would recommend this very much.

[kinghamracing]

This one was purchased in the 60's for £15

[salforddude]

That was the thing about post war Vincents, they were redesigned so that ex-servicemen who had possibly lost the use of an arm could still ride one. At 120MPH if you got a Shadow...

[AS2552]

If you think that's cool, check out Brian Chapman's 'Mighty Mouse' - a Vincent 500cc single drag bike!!! ( think Brian's retired now though). It could beat 1000cc Kwakers at Santa Pod!

[blondechild666]

What a fine motorbike,a girl could feel special on any such like! Riden well too..

[AS2552]

Hey blondechild666 - Glad to see that you like Richard Thompson's version of '1952 Vincent Black Lightning' too! [...a girl could feel special on any such like..."] I saw him play on Oxford (UK) last week! Sadly, he didn't play the Vincent song. ;o(

[apolonnyc]

wow, so kool. i would never expect the vincent drives like that. must be the rider. i can't even drive my 996R like that. wow. good job #55

[Elefant95]

bsab26bobbed these are a bit old fashioned, so possibility is you maybe won't see an under seat exhaust fitted.

[rafaelgraudaleste]

Essa é a Hrd 500cc!

Bela moto!

[sociablyclussy]

This one is bored to 650cc!

[bsab26bobbed]

Man thats a nice bike. Check out how low the exhaust is. Good too see one being ridden like it was made too be.

[leofagnano]

Esta fue una de las mejores motos de la historia!!

Es un orgullo que sigan existiendo

[onearmbiker]

I'd give my right arm to own that bike! Oh!Oh!Oh! Where did it Go! I kept my up end of the bargin! What a beauty. That aint no girl, What is his name? I am talking about the bike not the rider. If he were mine "Sociably Clussy Race team" When folks ask ,"What does that mean?" reply "Fuck You!" I bet he handles better than a rapide in the curves. That bike has such a mean nasty sexy look. I am gonna pray for one in heaven! Thank You so much for a real treat. Twilight onearmbiker