Vincent motorcycles can be divided into two categories: pre-war and post-war. Pre-WWII Vincents are extremely difficult to find. For instance, this 1938 Vincent Rapide is currently listed for ...

When considering a Vincent purchase try to obtain as much English or American owner history on that particular motorcycle as you can. The most important item you can obtain is the "factory works card" ...

If you take a look at the most popular and well-known major motorcycle brands today, you'll find that many of them have a storied history dating back anywhere from decades to more than a full ...

In 1948, an eighteen-year-old walked into Mickey Martin’s Burbank Vincent-HRD dealership and put a cash deposit down on the $1120 sale price of a new Series B Touring Rapide, starting a payment plan ...

There’s a unique Vincent-HRD 998cc Series-A that will go up for ... You never get a scrap with another machine, because no ordinary motorcycle can live with a “Rapide.” Here, at last, is a performance ...

In addition to the Brough Superior, the auction features another rare motorcycle: the 1936 Vincent-HRD 998cc Rapide Series-A, estimated at £240,000 to £280,000. Only 78 of these motorcycles were ...

In fact, he named his company after Excelsior Henderson motorcycles. The collection is heavily stocked with British bikes, 63 in all, including a rare 1952 Vincent Series C Rapide motorcycle.

The motor comes from a 1953 Vincent Rapide. Big Sid is a hot-rodder at heart, so of course the motor has been massaged with high-compression, 10:1 pistons, ported heads and other modifications ...

And of all the sublime motorcycles the British firm produced ... the C model was a tuned version of the earlier Vincent Rapide and was capable of over 120mph – an astonishing speed for the ...

A FORMER East Yorkshire motorcycle champion’s collection ... the ambitious project of embedding an historic 1,000cc Vincent Rapide engine into a Norton frame. Mr Craven plans to take the ...

MEET motorcycle veteran Dick Craven's latest creation – an historic 1000cc Vincent Rapide engine embedded in a Norton frame. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post ...