Comments on: Vincent HRD Black Lightning

By: joe momma

joe momma — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:25:18 +0000

…no comments abooot those vulgar, unimaginative straight pipes……i marvel at the way the psyches swirl around this site……???

By: Suzi

Suzi — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:29:33 +0000

Said James to Red Molly, I give ya my Vincent to ride……………Richard Thompson, immortalised this bike in a song.

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:00:59 +0000

the ace! so cool.

By: Peter Merrington

Peter Merrington — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 07:00:12 +0000

Odile, absolutely! It really can’t be matched in terms of its presence. Have a look though at the website of KHE engineering, Victoria, Australia, for the story of their new racing Vincent – http://www.irvingvincent.com/

This is I reckon the closest thing to what was, with a direct pedigree. Though without the real romance of the original, even so.

By: Odile

Odile — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:59:23 +0000

This is hands down, for me, the most beautiful motorbike ever made. It reaches so close to aesthetic perfection that the design has simply become timeless. In that sense, it occupies a standing amongst motorcycles that is beyond opinion. I must confess to being somewhat relieved that the current revival of Vincent halted, albeit for tragic reasons. The updated version of this classic brand was mundane at best. i admit that it was well intentioned, but the whole new prototypes smacked of compromise at every turn.

If I was looking for a precedent today that had taken the Vincent outline and then advanced the concepts to create some thing as bold and comparably innovative today it would be a company like ‘Confederate’. If you look closely there is even an obvious homage in their ‘The Wraith’ front forks to the Black Lightning forks above.

Take a look and you can see how the geometry is almost identical.

Anyway, seeing this photo has made my day, and I have already sent the link on to friends.

Great site. Thrilled to have stumbled on to it.

By: Peter Merrington

Peter Merrington — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:03:05 +0000

Superb bike. What’s happening with the Australian Vincent? The Irving Vincent? The Irving Vincent has a newly engineered motor based on the original Vincent V twin, and is intended for the racetrack. Very sorry to hear about Barney Li.

By: drooling

drooling — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:39:14 +0000

Saw one of these (maybe a ’52) with a supercharger at a Kansas City vintage bike show last weekend…wished I’d remembered the camera. There were a few other Vincent HRDs, but the Black Lightning was by far garnering the most attention.