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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.
Jul 19, 2018 · The Vincent Black Lightning. The Vincent Black Lightning project began life when London Vincent dealer Jack Surtees ordered a bespoke Vincent Rapide in 1947 with a significantly upgraded engine for racing. The Surtees engine was built alongside one other, which would go into the bike that would become known “Gunga Din” – the prototype ...
Mar 13, 2024 · Maximum Power: 70 hp. The Vincent Black Lightning's engine delivers a “lightning” performance. The air-cooled, 998cc V-twin, OHV, pushrod engine is capable of delivering an animated 70 horsepower. The power figure was exceptional in the 1940s, as most bikes had just about half of that.
The Black Lightning today. "The star of a private collection is the Burns & Wright Vincent Black Lightning that Russell Wright rode to a world land speed record in New Zealand in 1955 at 185.15mph. They then took the bike to Bonneville in 1956 and it was left pretty much untouched after it was pulled off the salt - it even still has the same ...
Sep 5, 2018 · Built between 1948 and 1952, the Lightning was the racing version of the Shadow, and it was the fastest production motorcycle of its era. Vincent built fewer than three dozen Lightnings, and of ...
- Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Mar 14, 2018 · March 14 2018. A brief history of the Vincent 998 cc V-twin brings us to the Ehret Vincent, arguably the most important Black Lightning in existence and one of the world’s most famous, and expensive, motorcycles. Seventy years ago, the Vincent Black Shadow delivered the most performance from a street-legal vehicle that money could buy, on two ...
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Nov 30, 2017 · It is the defining image of what is now regarded as the quintessential Vincent bike. The moment was in September 1948, when Free rode John Edgar’s Black Lightning prototype to a record of 150.313 mph. To gain a fraction more speed on the two-way run, he stripped down and laid prone atop the bike to reduce wind resistance.
