1952 Vincent Black Lightening

"acotrel"]I hadn't seen this previously :


Nice but I still prefer the Mary Lou Lord version.

http://youtu.be/5tKb9NCHFXA

Contrary to the "Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52" song line she's a pretty big fan of Nortons..

1952 Vincent Black Lightening
 
Aco, well done for posting that. A lovely song, sung by a lovely lady, and it really hits the spot!

Here's the man who wrote it, Richard Thompson, performing live on stage, and he sure can play:

http://vimeo.com/51787216
 
From the http://www.laindonhistory.org.uk/page_i ... 9p94p.aspx

Prince of Wales car park between 1960 and 1963 left to right Brian Cordell, Brian Reynolds, Dennis Hyat.

1952 Vincent Black Lightening


The bike is a Vincent engine in Norton featherbed frame. AJS 7R front forks and front wheel. Engine fitted with Goldstar Pistons, Vincent lightening cams. 1.1/2 inch GP Carburators, 7R racing seat, Ariel Arrow silencers with no baffles, we called it the Black Beast. You can see just below the seat a bulb hooter a legal requirement as an audible means of approach. This bike sounded like a spitfire in full flight. A super bike of its day probable speed of 150 mph. This bike is still alive and kicking and living in Northampton.

Oh the joy to see this photo. If this is the same bike I have travelled to Brands Hatch many times on the hump on the back of the 7R saddle.

If this is the same bike the young man in the middle is my first love Brian Reynolds, left of course is you, not to sure, but is that Dave Newman.

I have heard that Brian now lives in Aus and has his Velocet hanging over his fireplace, why am I not surprised. I get a lump in my throat, Brian, thinking of those days. Do you own this bike now.

By Gloria Sewell

:lol: :lol: 8) :wink:

looks like this one goes , anyway .
 
Way back when!, 1968, and I had just bought a brand new BSA Firebird Scrambler.

I remember visiting someone in Marshfield Mass. USA ( I think on Rt 139) who was building Norvins and selling them from his house.
I think he was from England and he had crates of engines and frames. He was selling Norvins ready to ride for $2500!
Does anyone know who I'm talking about? I'm pretty sure it was not John Healy.
 
A college buddy has an interesting story about Vincents. Compared to other bikes of the era, they didn't rev very high. He was on a trip on his 650 BSA with a friend on a 1000 cc Vincent, going up the A1 road (before motorways) on their way to Scotland.

They spotted young man hitch-hiking and pulled over. They asked if he'd like to ride on the back, and he said yes. He got on the back of the Vincent. As they were about halway up a long grade, doing about 35 mph, my friend was amazed when the passenger suddenly stood up and stepped off the Vincent. Obviously, even at 35 mph, he rolled into a ball on the side of the road, backpack and all.

They both stopped and asked the guy what he was thinking about. He only had a few scrapes and bruises. His reply was "it seemed like we were going so slowly, I decided to get off and push." They'd been cruising at 85 or so for a while and I guess the low-revving Vincent motor suggeested they were going a lot slower than they really were.
 
I rode a Vincent years ago which had a Velocette swing arm rear end grafted on. It was on 13 to one comp,. and ran methanol. I wondered where all the urge was coming from, it felt really great.
 
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