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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.
The engine produced 54 bhp (40 kW) @ 5700 rpm in Black Shadow trim. [citation needed] The Black Lightning was a racing version of the Black Shadow; every necessary steel part on it that could be was remade in aluminium, and anything not essential was removed altogether. These changes helped reduce the weight from 458 lb (208 kg) to 380 lb (170 kg).
The Vincent Black Lightning was a Vincent-HRD motorcycle first built in September 1948 at the Vincent works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK, and produced from 1948 to 1952. The bike was a purpose-built factory modified Black Shadow that was then named and produced as the Black Lightning. At the time the Black Lightning was the ...
1950 Vincent Black Shadow. This is a list of Vincent Motorcycles. Year: Engine: Model: Notes: 1932 250cc ... Series-C Black Shadow: 1948 1000cc Series-C Black ...
For example, in 1956, the Vincent Black Shadow remained the fastest motorcycle to date, with a 125 mph (201 km/h) top speed, but it was no longer in production. The fastest model on the market in 1956 was the BSA Gold Star Clubman , which at 110 mph (180 km/h) was not a record holder, but is listed for the sake of illustrating a more complete ...
The Black Knight was launched at the 1954 Earls Court motorcycle show, together with the 998cc Vincent Black Prince (an enclosed version of the Black Shadow) and the 500cc Vincent Victor (which never went into production as only the prototype was ever built). There was a lot of interest, but much of it was critical, and the Black Knight/Black ...
This is roughly 6 times the price it drew in 2003 when the hammer fell at $11.8 million. Sotheby's notes, "$66.3 million marks the highest auction price for Van Gogh since 1998, and an auction ...
A 1955 Vincent Black Prince set a new auction world record for the model at Bonham's Summer Classic Sale of Motorcycles and Motorcars in June 2014, selling for £91,100. [5] In 2018, a Vincent Black Lightning , stated to be one of only 19 surviving, set an absolute world record for the highest-price paid for a motorcycle in an auction held by ...