Something is wrong, it started on 1 and a half, didnt backfire, and you didn't launch over the bars 😂 got to love seeing a big Vincent being told who is boss when starting. Lovelybike, and nice to hear it actually being worked and not babied. Keep the old girl maintained, they are a special bike .
Thanks for posting another, refreshes my memory of the many miles on my one, many years ago. Slight difference as mine was a model "D", which I found was in the last 12 made; Had coil ignition ang a hand lever operated centre stand. Looks like an ideal location for exploring the roads on a Vinny. ✔✔
Glad you enjoyed the video. I have also modified mine to run with coil ignition. Set up and forget. No points either. Instead of using a center stand I forged a side stand like most motorcycles have.
I visited that area about 13-years-ago, we spent 3-months in SA and Zimbabwe . The first vid I saw of yours , I thought it was Canada . That is a wonderful-looking and sounding machine , I ride a yamaha that was inspired by The Vincent ; 82 XV1000 TR1( yamaha stripped a Vincent when designing/developing it ) I have retro'd it a bit so it looks much-older . My father had a Rapide back in Britain so I guess bikes are in my dna . I have owned dozens over the-years , i'm a few-years off 70 and it never-gets-old riding with a beautiful-exhaust-note in your ears . Dave nz
Thanks Dave, once motorcycles are in your blood they tend to stay there. My first bike was a BSA Bantum way back in the 1970's. I have never since then been without a motorcycle. I must say having this beautiful country side to ride in helps with the motivation to keep riding. Cheers.
@@PhilUys Funny ! Mine was a 2-stroke Francis-Barnett in the early-seventies . The blue-smoke has a lot to answer for , there is something-special about those little British 2-strokes , sometimes Less can be More Dave
such a shame the factory closed, i look at the black prince and think how far ahead of its time it was,like a 1954 kawasaki gtr or similar, i guess they were just too expensive
Just like here in the South of France, who would have believed that when this bike was designed 70 years ago that we would have lovely smooth tarmac roads, then the council would come along and put road hazards in the form of great big bumps every 100 yds! What carbs have you got on this ? Chris B.
@@PhilUys With the modern fuel we have to use I think the Mikuni's are a good way to go, yours seems to go and start well. I could never see the logic in speed bumps, people slow down to go over them, then accelerate away , so there must be more noise, brake and clutch dust in that area, apart from the fact they can damage suspension and tyres, they may be of slight benefit if you could drive over them safely at the speed limit, but even at 30 MPH you get thrown up in the air, and that is in the Defender! Chris B.
At lower speeds the girdraulics are able to cope but beware hitting some uneven terrain at speed. It happened to me on this Vincent, had a severe tankslapper and hit the ground with in milliseconds at 110kph. The speed bumps are horrible especially when riding over them with old machines. They are very effective for speed control though.
