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The Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum is a 'Collector's Collection' museum in Solvang, California, United States. [1] [2] The museum was founded in March 2000 by Virgil Elings, a local retiree and a collector of motorcycles. [3]
Vincent Motorcycles was a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1928 to 1955. The business was established by Philip Vincent who bought an existing manufacturing name HRD , initially renaming it as Vincent HRD , producing his own motorcycles as HRD did previously with engines purchased as complete assemblies from other companies.
Vincents had a close association with motorcycle racing and the Phil Irving designed Vincent Comet provided the basis for the Series C 499cc Grey Flash racer. Tuned and stripped down to 330 lb (150 kg) as a 500 cc version of the 1,000 cc Vincent Black Lightning , the new 'Flash' was capable of 115 mph with a power output of 35 bhp 6,200 rpm.
In 1969 Roger Slater started building Vincent Motorcycles using Fritz Egli designed frames and refurbished Vincent 1,000 cc (61 cu in) v-twin engines. In an attempt to get new engines manufactured, he visit Massimo Laverda at the Laverda factory in 1970. Laverda declined but showed him a new 1000 cc engine that was in development. As a result ...
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.
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 ...
The Vincent Black Knight is a British motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by Vincent Motorcycles. A year before the factory closed in 1955, Vincent produced the enclosed range of Black Knight and Black Prince. Known as the 'Series D', the Black Knight was an upgraded Vincent Rapide which was fully enclosed to keep the rain and dirt from the ...
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 ...