Thanks to reader Jess for pointing this one out. The seller purchased the bike from a preacher out of Hamilton, Ohio in 1980, and won third place at the Shadow Lake Vincent … Apr 19, 2020 at 2:54pm The shock absorbers under the seat are for the rear suspension. Sale price: £24000 ≈ $30295 ≈ €26881 ≈ ₿3.28 btc. 1 . In the minds of motorcyclists of a certain age, no motorcycle can really match the aura and mystique of a v-twin Vincent. Birmingham England on the 18th April ’52 as MFD 541, this original number the bike still retains. April 17, 2014. 1-Of-32: 1952 Vincent Series C Touring Rapide. 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. 1952 Vincent Touring Rapide (Rare Red/Black original paint visible) Given their five-star status as collectible classics today, many Vincents lead coveted lives, but it wasn’t always that way. In my life time I have missed 3 Vincent twins for sale locally.

This motorcycle appears to be a 3-owner motorcycle. Factory records show this fully matching number series C Rapide was dispatched from the works 14th March 1952 and registered in Dudley, nr. Reply. According to the previous owner, he had the bike for 30 years. The Hagerty motorcycle valuation tool® is designed to help you learn how to value your 1952 vincent series c black shadow and assess the current state of the classic motorcycle market. There was a time when a Vincent was just another used motorcycle, bought and sold several times over, and subject to decidedly non-concours treatment. This 1953 Vincent Black Shadow Rapide was acquired by the current owner in 1998. During that time period the bike was maintained at Manx Motors in Sebastopol, CA.

At the time the Black Lightning was the fastest production motorcycle in the world. This 1952 Vincent Rapide is a series C example that was manufactured in September of 1951 and sold new in the US by the Indian Sales Corporation. Doug.

Item location: newquay, Cornwall, UK Seller's notes: Vincent 998cc Rapide Restoration Project c.1952 Sale type: Fixed price listing 1952 vincent series c black shadow values and more. Vincent 998cc Rapide Restoration Project c.1952. Coulda, shoulda. Jeff Lavery.