Tag Archives: vincent

this is totally freaking great. oh to have my own dynamometer and a 1,655cc vincent! and don’t get me started on the name of the bike, “epimetheus,” the greek titan *** of excuses. too late. as it goes, epimetheus and his brother ...

this interview should have been published four months ago but it wasn’t. i will exact my revenge one day. until then, i’ve lit the proverbial bridge on fire and stuck a pirate flag stapled to a ***** into the ground ...

the vincati if you haven’t read a book in a while, and you’re here checking out metric chops, bobs, cafes, and vintage bikes, you really ought to check out “big sid’s vincati.” we’re coming up on the two year anniversary of ...

this might not be news to you, but i’ve had these images for over four years and i dig this bike because it’s a vincent black shadow, so here it is: it was built by redneck engineering (with a redneck ...

man. i can’t wait for the end of the world. some say the mayan calender predicts it. i’d give you links but you motherf***ers are gonna have to get all paranoid by your own discovery. i’m hoping then that banks ...

killer day. do you know how much a can of cafe du monde coffee costs in freaking knoxville? [doh! top secret location approximately disclosed!] thirteen bucks! at some f***ing “organic” market where the kids wear fur and the adults have ...

This is the famous supercharged 1949 Vincent Black Lightning owned by well-known British Vincent dealer Reg Dearden. In 1950 he returned it to the Vincent factory in Stevenage to have it outfitted with a supercharger in order to break the ...

…for a Vincent motor? Yes. In a flash. Don’t know much about the motor but am sure more info will surface. Until then, check out Matt Machine on his blog, the Machine Shed and see stuff like this, as well ...

These photos were taken by our good friend Árpád Zirig: This bike is ridden, not stashed. A Californian named Laney was in Europe riding his Rapide and these are but a few of the many photos taken yesterday. Check out ...

Found some great photos of vintage motorbikes, bike engines and more on flickr today. The photographer is Gordon Calder and he graciously gave me permission to present some of his work here. The motor images are Photoshopped to appear as ...