However, a punishing 1934 racing season at the Isle of Man TT that caused failures in these engines compelled Vincent Motorcycles to design & build their own engines. In 1931 Phil Irving joined ...

People like to ride their bikes. Motorcycles don't have a "gait" anymore, but riding a Vincent is a little like riding a thoroughbred horse. The engine fires about once every lamppost. There's a ...

Vincent continued the practice of building motorcycles around pre-existing engines, purchased from others. However, in the early 1930s, the company began building their own single and two-cylinder ...

Also typical of Vincent motorcycles, the Comet had two Single Leading-Shoe (SLS) front drum brakes, one on each side. The Vincent Comet engine was an air-cooled 499cc OHV single with its camshaft set ...

‘We started with basically a box of pieces,’ said Ian Barry, Falcon Motorcycles’ designer and primary builder. Inside that box was the engine of a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow that had been ...

Vincent motorcycles had rear suspensions when most ... They were lighter than other motorcycles with similarly-sized engines and power; they were also narrow. Because of their low center of ...

The Vincent Black Shadow changed the game in the motorcycle world, setting new performance standards and breaking land speed records in the 40s. With its iconic V-Twin engine and innovative design ...

FALL RIVER — Start your engines, and close out this summer with a scenic 45-mile motorcycle ride through the SouthCoast, with ticket proceeds benefiting St. Vincent’s Services. For the 18th ...