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It's a misty-eyed moment. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" may be, at face value, just a simple tale about a girl, a guy, and a motorcycle, but, thanks to the inimitable talent of Richard.
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1948-1952 Vincent offers the Vincent Black Lightning, a racing version of the Vincent Black Shadow. 1955 The Vincent company goes out of business. 1979 Vincent dies. 1991 English musician.
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The Vincent Black Lightning was the fastest and most desirable motorcycle in the world when it was released in 1948. A factory-delivered Black Lightning was capable of 150 mph if you were brave enough, and no small amount of bravery was required as braking technology hadn't yet caught up with rapidly increasing horsepower levels.
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This Vincent V-twin has a swept capacity of 998cc, it has an overhead-valve, push-rod design with distinctive pushrod tubes on the right-hand side of the engine. In the state of tune used with the Black Shadow this engine is capable of 55 bhp at 5,500 rpm, the Black Lighting version is capable of 70 bhp at 5,700 rpm - this may not sound like.
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SUMMARY. The Vincent Black Lightning is simply legendary. It was the 'World's Fastest Standard Motorcycle' for over 25 years, after Rollie Free rode the prototype on the Bonneville Salt Flats at just over 150mph - in his bathing suit! As you could order a Black Lightning with full road equipment - as with this 1950 example - that claim was fully justified.
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"1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is a song by guitarist Richard Thompson from his 1991 album Rumor and Sigh. It tells the story of a thief named James and the girl Red Molly whom he charms with a ride on his 1952 Vincent Black Lightning motorcycle, which he bequeaths to her on his deathbed.
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Produced by Mitchell Froom This is an Irish folk song about a girl's fancy for a boy who lived fast, died hard and left her entirely too soon. May. 1, 1991 1 viewer 24.8K views 10 Contributors.
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Vincent Vincent Motorcycles was famous for producing the Vincent Black Shadow, the fastest motorcycle in the world in 1948. The company produced motorcycles from 1928 until 1955. Notify me when one is listed Have one? Sell yours here Models (3) Hit the bell icon to subscribe to alerts for that model. Sort by: Popularity Popularity A-Z Z-A
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During the second World War, Vincent motors were used in boats and as generators but returned to motorcycles in 1944 when they secured a USA dealer in Philadelphia - followed by many other locations as the war came to an end. The first v-twin was designed back in 36 with the release of the Series A Rapide, a 998cc machine capable of 110mph!
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1952 Vincent Black Shadow When you visit the National Motorcycle Museum, you'll get to view over 400 motorcycles. But there's a special exhibit area for the finest high performance British machines, the Vincents and Broughs, about a dozen in total. A 1952 Vincent Black Shadow is among these bikes.
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The Vincent motorcycle company - based in Great Britain - made motorcycles for only four years and made fewer than thirty of this particular bike in 1952. In an interview, Thompson describes the 1952 Vincent Black Lightning as "an object of myth, a rather wonderful, rare and beautiful beast.". Or as Red Molly says, "a girl could feel.
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Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning $ Tags rebels Spencer J. Quinn 1,904 words It's very possible that one of the greatest songs written in the rock era gets almost no air time and is largely unknown - at least in the United States. This gives it a peculiar value and an enticing quality, sort of like its subject matter.
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At the time of its introduction in 1948, the Vincent Black Lightning was the fastest production motorcycle in the world, capable of achieving 150 mph through its 70-hp, 998cc V-twin engine. Only 31 Black Lightnings were ever built, and only 19 matching-numbers examples still exist.
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As well as a wide variety of creative custom motorcycles on show in various locations around the festival, Friday saw a customer ride-in Custom Bike Show, supported by Metzeler tyres, and featuring more than 80 bikes brought especially to Budapest to compete, from eight different countries. The ultimate winner was Marco Sonnino from Italy.