Vincent Motorcycles is a former motorcycle brand created in Great Britain by Philip Vincent, who purchased HRD Motorcycles and rebranded them as Vincent HRD. These motorcycles were manufactured from ...

UK-based motorcycle manufacturer Vincent HRD gained a high reputation for developing some of the most legendary V-Twin engines of the previous century. Following the end of World War 2, the ...

But, In a performance motorcycle world dominated by inline four engines, the 100 horsepower V-Twin that had mountains of mid-range torque was much more relevant in everyday riding conditions than ...

VINCENT HRD BLACK SHADOW (1948 - 1954) The famous Black Shadow first built in 1948, was easily recognized by the all black finish of the engine and gearbox and the big 5 inch, 150mph Smith ...

A Vincent had the reputation of a “gentleman’s motorcycle.” Lawrence of Arabia might have owned a Vincent Black Shadow (and died riding it). But increasingly, “gentlemen” wanted four wheels.

The 1946 Vincent “1X” Rapide B Prototype was the first Vincent made after World War II. After its debut, the British government commissioned the retooling of the engine for use on a military ...

FRITZ EGLI & THE EGLI-VINCENT Fritz Egli was born in Switzerland in 1937, spent his early years motorcycle racing and building motorcycles, including frames of his own design. He opened his own shop ...

It was 1955 when the last Vincent motorcycle rolled off the historic Stevenage, England, production line, but a variation of the firm’s iconic air-cooled, pushrod-driven, 50-degree V-twin is ...