Vincent 1000cc motorcycle ride. Super exhilarating.
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- Early spring I decided to take my 1000cc Vincent motorcycle for a ride.
It sounds amazing with the open straight through exhaust pipe. The scenery at this time of the year is just fantastic. 
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The neighbours know Phil. The whole block knows Vincent.
😅 true
Two of the great sounds, the merlin in the Spitfire and the Vincent
Whoah! What an association!
Yeah!
Neither sound as good as a Harley Davidson Shovelhead.
@@geraldscott4302 all are iconic, I do like the sound of the shovelhead, but given the choice of which one to own, sorry, Vincent wins
Truly a machine meant to be ridden ,not gathering dust in a museum, thank you for sharing your little joyride.
I couldn't agree more.
My 93 year old Dad had a Vincent Rapide, also a 1000cc V-twin, and told me stories of going to slightly illicit hill-climbs in the early 1950’s at the Rest And Be Thankful in Argyllshire, Scotland. To nobody’s surprise, his was the only Vincent there - and always won! The next nearest competition was the BSA 500cc Gold Stars! In fact, I was very nearly called Vincent, after the bike!
Nice story.
Gotta be..🙏🇦🇺🕯️
Yes, too many fine machines in museums!
Wow, what a machine. Truly one of the greatest bikes ever built.
So true considering it is 70 years old.
@@PhilUys It's a beauty.
What a magnificent machine, so far ahead of its time, a fitting tribute to the two Phil’s Vincent & Irving.
As with TE's Brough's...
J.C.
I know there is no real comparison but watching that Vincent motoring down the country roads reminds me of the good times I had with my Commando. One time in particular there were two of us, maybe 40 ft apart, two o'clock in the morning, 70 mph, no other traffic and the sound was glorious. Good old days.
Nothing wrong with a Norton Commando. Had some of my best times on a Bantam.
@@PhilUys A Norton is the closest 'modern" bike to the Vincent. The nice thing is a Norton is obtainable in any price range. The cheaper ones require a bit of hands on...
It is often better to find one in a bad state for little money. Sometimes restored bikes are shoddy and cost a fortune to set right.
@@PhilUys Yes - exactly my experience. Often lots of new parts badly put together. Shiny though !
My Vincent was restored more than 25 years ago. I did it as well as possible and it still looks great.
“Said Red Molly to James, that’s a fine motorbike...”
my favorite color scheme.
Ahhh Richard Thompson… I need to blow the dust off my record collection 👍
....in my opinion, there is nothing in this world to beat a Vincent black lightning and a red haired girl.
Greetings from Germany!
@@volkerke5315 my red haired girl has gone grey and I have a classic 350, does that get a thumbs up 😂
@@SeanCarter-c1l... me to, I'm 63. Royal Enfield meteor 350 driver 😊👍
What a stunning piece of engineering! And that sound, beautiful!
I love the look of the motor myself. Did you notice no frame. The engine doubles up as the frame for the motorcycle.
She sounds so good
@@PhilUys The frame used as a stressed member . The Japanese copied the same principle with some of their bikes which is a compliment to the British motorcycle industry they destroyed
Sounds like an old Massey-Ferguson MF 135 with a rusty exhaust.
@@PhilUys Did you notice the speedo moves up & down ?? clearly mounted on the fork yolk and not the handlebar ..
Watching the speedo move up and down with suspension was mesmerising 😜
For someone who is not familiar with the Vincent suspension it must be very confusing to see the bouncing speedo.
@@PhilUys can you explain it to me?
@@Auloss It is the way the front forks are designed. They are called girder forks. Google girder forks images.
@@Auloss the speedo should have been mounted on the handlebar..that's my view
@@PhilUys It's such a great big and easy to read speedo, though !!
It's been a long time since I last rode. Thanks! It was a great ride; I even caught myself leaning into the corners.
It happens to me as well 👍
My dad had a Vincent back in the day around 1958 he loved it, he said you could attach a sidecar either side for touring abroad, he also used to say the engine fired every lamp post, beautiful sound, I can see why he loved it.
Side car either side. What a smart guy Phil Vincent was, built the greatest motorcycle for his time and for the next 25 years, and then assimilated into it all these 'rider's points'.
And that lovely line from the 1930's that your Dad used was, in full, 'A well-tuned British big single turns over lamp post to lamp post.' And the Vincent twins actually were two big singles on a common crankcase.
After 21 years on the net looking up classic bikes and then videos, you are the first person I have met who knows that line, Mark. I learnt it in 1984 from my uncle who rode a WD Norton 16H for 20 years.
Cheers!
Excellent excellent excellent! Great sound! I had a Norton Commando 850 for many years. Love the raw, visceral feel and sound of these bikes.
What a lovely sound. I remember back in the 60`s riding along on my triumph tiger cub feeling like king of the road, when one of these machines past me at least doing double my speed. Never forgot it.
Those days the Vincent was the king of the road. Nowadays they are all but invisible. Many bikers have never heard of a Vincent.
Thank you for sharing a ride on one of the best British bikes ever made
That beast would great to ride. Thank You for the ride along.
What a bike! What a sound! Just fantastic, loved every second! Thank you!
It sounds more like a First World War fighter aircraft to me :)
Complete therapy for the soul ❤
even when i wasn't a biker i would still have appreciated the quality, engineering and history of this glorious machine. thanks
I borrowed one in 1957, an unforgettable ride.
I started riding in 1961, I bow to your seniority.
He wants it back ...
What day and what time?
The engine alone is a piece of art , a sculpture in aluminium .
And it sounds as music to my ears !
Fabulous sound. Totally mechanical and sonorous.
So wonderful to see the close up of a machine well cared for, but used!
Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed that mate👍🏼. Will have to show this to my 85 year old Dad, who used to ride Vincents in the 50s and 60s. He'll love it 😁
Do that. One day when I am 85 I hope to still see the video.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m 51 and drew pictures of these for my wall when I was a kid - thought I’d never get any idea of what one would be like to ride. Now I do ❤
So happy for you. Hopefully many more rides.
Hey Ander, I'm 50 and first found a description and pictures of this bike in a book on classic motorcycles when I was 28. I've been hooked on it ever since. I came across a worn coffee table book on The Vincent 20 or 21 years ago, with exploded diagrams of the single and twin engines and suspension, pics of the factory and the two Phils, racing pics of the man himself, Howard Raymond Davies. It cost me half a month's salary so I had to let it be. Now that I'm earning more that memory haunts me.
These Vincents have always been expensive. When I bought this one 30 years ago I had major buyers remorse. It needed lots of work and costly repairs. I even travelled to the UK to have the crankshaft rebuild. Luckily I presisted and have no regrets. It is strange that there aren't more actual riding videos of Vincents. Cheers.
What an amazing Machine,definitely the best Motorcycle Sound on earth 👂🏻🎶🎼🏍️👍🏻.
Glad you enjoyed the bike with it's sound.
This is what motorcycling is all about. The bike, the road, the clean air... The symphony of metal revolving in metal. Oh how badly I wanted to hear that grand finale of revs... and around 06:46 or thereabouts, we got a taste. What a treat.
Watch the next video much more metal revolving in metal and two grand finale of revs....
Beautiful scenery, clear roads and a wonderful sounding motorcycle. Thanks for putting this video up
I've ridden daily for 40 years. Rode to work today, here I am.
Today Im on the opposite of that, my 2020 Zero SRS.
That was awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Times they are changing.
Fantastic to see the old girl being ridden instead of being locked away.
They old bikes need to be used to keep them in ship shape. The same goes for the rider.
Thank you! I had to stop riding a few years ago, after 50+ years and a few hundred thousand miles, due to health issues... This is a blast from the past... the sound and the feel is there, if not the peg-scraping lean angle. The old school song about the Vincent always fresh in my mind... twist that throttle and lean the bike and glory in the physics of motorcycles...
Atleast you did your few hundred thousand miles during your life. I am at 50+ years on British bikes myself and hopefully some more to come.
It would be a good practice to mention where the video is taken, I guessed South Africa, though I've never been there. The road sign looked "Afrikaan" though I can't read it, then I looked up Cape White-Eye bird and confirmed it was indeed South Africa. It looks so much like many places in Australia. The Vincent is gorgeous.
I left the bird clue there for those who would like to know where the video was taken. Thanks for the compliment.
Driving on the left narrows it down too!
I was about to guess Gries, or the zone north of Bolzano, but certain things were off.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Oh boy. How magnificent is that. Mobile art and what a joy to see and hear. ❤
Thanks.
WOW!! Just WOW… thank you Phil!
@@SeanCarter-c1l Pleasure. See the Vincent playlist.
Thanks! Fifty some years ago my best friend had a Black Shadow here in So. California, always wanted one. Had a couple late fifties HD Sportsters. Not on a bike in now decades, Truly enjoyed your video with memories, damn fast bike!!!! Oddly I have seen a number of country drives in Austin Healeys, of which over several decades had 5 of, and still love them too. My next set of wheels will in all probability be a wheelchaIr! Thanks again!😎
Sounds like we've had a great life and a lot to be thankful for! Cheers stay safe
My Brother in Law knew a guy who had one , but through an accident could no longer ride it . they put a little sidecar ( looked like a bullet ) on it so he could take the guy for rides . the bike was the same as this and the sidecar was also black with what looked like a chrome bull bar around it .......quite a sight . thanks for uploading this .
You're welcome.
I love these bikes the look the sound thanks for sharing & nice to see it out on the open road & not sitting somewhere gathering dust.
A long time ago, I was regaled with tales of riding a Black Shadow along Scotswood Road,Newcastle, UK at 100 mph. “One bang per lamp post”. This is the nearest I will get to that experience, thank you.
You are welcome.
The sound!
This might be as close to the perfect bike as we'll ever see.
My brother in law used to ride with straight pipes. Up early and warming up his bike, he'd feel so accomplished. Then one day he noticed that all the crickets had stopped chirping in the evenings. "Where have all the crickets gone, Bob?" he asked. "What do you mean? I hear dozens of them.", I replied. "I can't hear any at all", he said, looking puzzled. It was then he realized that all that time riding a loud bike had destroyed his hearing. He fitted some silencers, but it was too late. They neighbors appreciated being able to sleep in on weekends, though.
That is one way to go deaf a lot quicker. Some people go deaf for hardly any reason at all. Make the most of them ears and enjoy the sound. I think it is the high frequencies that are particularly dangerous.
Magnificent machine and beautiful scenery too. Perfect combination with that exhaust note.
First time I've seen one ridden from a rider view! Thanks for posting! I can imagine going 150 on that machine in swimming trunks and no helmet!!
Rollie Free was very brave. He is almost a bigger legend than the Vincent itself.
@@PhilUys I got to see Rollie’s bike at Del Mar show years ago and the world’s fastest Indian. And in the movie Worlds fastest Indian , Rollie and Dickerson? Was driving Burt’s chase car
I have seen the movie many times. One of the best out there. In 2019 I visited the Bonneville Salt flats. Unfortunately it was covered in water.
A sound from the past. Fantastic!
Just as well, soon it will be electric. Hopefully this sound can prevail for many more decades.
Beautiful bike and sounds fantastic and what a country bloody lovely 👍
Thanks, couldn't have said it better.
and Cheers! USA rider here. Great ride share and I will be taking my Triumph out tomorrow.
Enjoy your ride.
Great sound and vision, she’s a rough ride but I guess that’s what happens with a racing bike with so much power. Beautiful bike
That bikes so bad ass everybody was moving to the other side of the road !
Driving/ Riding on the ''correct '' side of the road. Felt really comfortable from my sofa !
Amen to that!
The sound of that beautiful engine brings tears to my ears.
Piloting a Vincent is one of the things on my bucket list. Alas, I think (realistically) this is the closest I'll actually ever get. Thank you so much for taking us all along for this spirited ride. I can almost feel the throb of the big V-twin and the engine is simply music to the ears! Enjoy (for me) and ride safe!
Don't worry you can have another ride soon. Cheers.
We don't seem to have much to be proud of here in Great Britain anymore, but by thunder our early motorcycles were lovely.
Indeed.
Beautiful sound! That speedometer bouncing with the suspension sure looks odd!
What few people know is that the seat bounces with the back wheel. It is mounted directly to the swinging arm. It does not feel to weird though.
In the early sixties when stationed at RAF St Morgan, on National Service, had a pillion ride on back of one around the peri track, my god after riding my Arial ex WD it scared the pants off me...what a machine.. thanks for memory
These old bikes do keep you on your toes.
Superb sound, many thanks.
This is the most mesmerizing ride along video I have seen. I went from knowing nothing about Vincent bikes to wanting one NOW. Thank you!
Many people I have spoken too had also never heard of a Vincent motorcycle either. The nice thing is once they know more about it they are impressed.
Amazing exhaust sound! It’s like a roaring lion. Nice vid!
Thanks
Absolutely the perfect V-twin sound, I love our 🇬🇧ish classic bikes, ❤️💛💜. May thay last forever. Thanks.
Couldn't agree more!
WELL PRESERVED Biuty. I love the vincent. Motorcycles they were truly ahead of there time.
That's true. Hard to believe this motorcycle is more than seventy years old. It has been restored for thirty years now. Nothing gets old on these bikes.
@@PhilUys that is for sure
PROPER BIKE 😊
Proof positive that it can be done without one fragging guitar note! ~DU16069
AMEN TO THAT
Wow, sounds absolutely amazing!
Thanks ! Awesome ! Viewers should remember that maintaining and using this bikes takes a lot of time, dedication, frustration but real love.
Well said!
She starts to bark at 3000 rpm
Stunning sounds. That’s what a bike experience should be like.
yeah the experience of driving so slow you could run quicker.....wasted video
Thanks for the ride. I’m a car guy but I can still appreciate a Vincent. Beautiful.
What a Beautiful Machine
I had the pleasure of following the late Stuart Jenkinson's Black Prince to and around Greece.
That brought back some pleasant memories - thanks for sharing
You are riding it to slow.
Gotta be safe
There are people who take selfies and make tiktokvideos and call that fun.
Being in scenery like that on such a gorgeous bike... That's what I'd call a good time.
It is. That ride starts less than five hundred meters from my home. Between the motorcycle and bicycle I have done it thousands of times. I am always ready for the next one.
WOW!! Quite an experience. Thanks for sharing. And I'm amazed a the superb sound quality you've achieved - can hear the fabulous engine, in all it's magnificent glory, with almost no pesky wind noise. Very clever.
The wind noise and loudness of the exhaust especially at higher rpm is very difficult to manage. I wanted it to sound as close as possible to the actual sound. With a good sound system and the volume turned up or a pair of headphones it is pretty close.
@@PhilUys Well you've totally succeeded :-)
Work of ART... would LOVE to take it out to clear the cobwebs...
Nice.....back in 1990 I was stopped for gas in a small town called Little Fort in British Columbia (Canada)...I heard this bike coming down the road, and in pulls a Brit on a Vincent Rapide...he had crossed the US and now was crossing Canada on his way back home. We had a nice chat.....him on a 1954 Vincent...and me on a 1954 Harley.
@@TheWolfsnack Nice story.
@@PhilUys It was pretty cool....but the odds of both bikes being 1954 models....one of those life moments you treasure.
What an extraordinarily beautiful machine.
Thanks for sharing this ride. I put on some headphone for it. Wow what a sound. I love the torquey gearing. The speedo climbs like a tach while the tach climbs like a speedo.
@@darrenvictoriathornhill1170 Putting on headphones is a good idea, the sound is much better. The instruments used 70 years ago are quite different from today's technology. I like the old real instruments.
Beautiful . . . Them ole Vincent's where well ahead of their time. Handsome machine. My dad told me in the 60s how he was gunning his velocette viper down the by pass and a Vincent passed him like he was standing still. Said the Vincent was just ticking over. Ah ha ha ha
This is my favorite engine in the world. Great job. Im hooked.
Must say I couldn't agree more with you. The DBD 34 Goldstar engine is not far behind.
Great sound!
Amazing machine and way ahead of it's time in performance. Single rear shock in 1936 like a vision of the future. I love machines designed by a man not a committee.
Too many bean counters in a committee to spoil the engineers ideas.
My pleasure, Sir!
Super, super !!!! Absolut great sound.
The sound of that engine is something else, pure joy, I am envious, but in a good way.
I have no idea where this is, but it's gorgeous
Edit: Ah, Jonkershoek Mountains, South Africa
I sold my 650ss Norton to a guy many years back he had 2 Shadows, a week later his workshop went up in flames all three bikes were totally destroyed! It sickens me to think about that. Lovely bike and cheers for the ride.
That is a sad story.
Amazing how similar that part of SA looks to Victoria Australia
Would make some old biker cry hearing and seeing that fly past
That noise.... I have goose-flesh ! Cheers from France.
Cheers👍
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Truly a thourghabred superstar bike loved by many.
Closest us mere mortals will ever get to riding one. Thank you so much for sharing, was a joy to come along for the ride.
Big difference between "riding" and "driving"....this driving was pathetic
Badass in black, great video
What an amazing privilege to be able to ride that machine. Thanks for not making it a dust collector.
The worst thing to do is make a dust collector. These machines need to be used otherwise all sorts of problems will rear its ugly head.
Awesome bike, have only seen one in my life and will never forget it.
My Dad took my mother on their honeymoon on a Vincent Black Shadow from Dublin to Rome and back in 1954.
That must have been a fabulous honeymoon, fun all of the time.
Thanks for posting. In the 1960's a typical small ad in the local paper (in England) would read : Vincent Black Shadow, good condition, taxed and MOT'd, £125 ONO. I was lucky that the Vincent man up the road took me for a ride when I was 8 and got me hooked on bikes. I'm 65 now and still riding.
It is unbelievable how cheap that sounds nowadays. At age 65 you do still have a couple of decades to ride your motorcycle.
❤❤❤ one of the best pov rides ever. Thanks 🎉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful machine to ride. And an icon to boot! Enjoy your motorcycle, you are lucky in life.
I am indeed.
Great video, I can feel the lumpy vibrations and the steering effort of pushing that old girl through the turns, a true classic road blaster being used for the purpose it was designed.
Thanks, and spot on with your analysis.
beutiful sounding engine & great to see a riders POV of a ride, fascinating watching the clock go up & down with the forks.
Both of my 1000 V-twins (‘81 Yamaha XV920RH and ‘98 Honda VTR1000F Firestorm) owe there design architecture to the Vincent’s inspiration…backbone frame, engine stressed member, mono-shock and V-twin torque and song. Thanks Vincent!
It is rather interesting to think Vincent came up with those ideas 60 years before the nineties.
Ride on ❣ That is not only a really beast; she is a wonderful, legendary beautiful Lady...😊😊😊👍👍👍
👌👌👍👍
Lovely, just lovely
Brilliant beautiful machine, the big Boss of Cafe Racers