Stunning

[Jak*]

Saw this on the net:
https://www.returnofthecaferacers.com/v ... ck-shadow/
I need to start saving.
Cheers Jak

[daveuprite]

Oh yeah, that is quite something.

[garyboy]

similarly? .. on our 'enery tonight was a new brough superior .. made in france would you believe


and that was only £ 54oo





oops .. I mean £ 54ooo

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

That is just lovely. Looks great.
One minor bug bear of mine, those mudguards. They’re so short that beauty could only be ridden on pristine roads or else lose its looks to road detritus. Maybe it’s just for looking at.

[qcnr]

Doesn’t do much for me I’m afraid. A Ducati 848 or Panigale would get space in my shed though.

[daveuprite]

Doesn’t do much for me I’m afraid. A Ducati 848 or Panigale would get space in my shed though.

Oh yeah, agree completely. The VIncent rep will perform and handle like a dead cat compared to a Panigale, obviously, but I have to admire a thing of beauty. As classic-looking bikes go that is a stunner. In the recent trend to make everything into a 'café racer or 'bobber' or whatever, there are a lot of pretty poor conversions taking place. That Vincent is how to do it. But with that budget, it should be...

[Jak*]

Beauty as they say is in the eye of the beholder. Personally I would rather have a Vincent in my garage than a Ducati. This unfortunately reminds me of my folly in not buying a Vincent Egli for £1500 when I had the chance. Whilst that was many years ago it was about five times my monthly take home pay at the time, whereas a similar bike would be fifteen to twenty times what I currently get.
Mind you if I had a bike that pretty I would need to employ someone to clean and polish it for me.
Cheers Jak

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

It would look lovely framed

[OB1]

I'd take the Ducati and the Vincent: both are beautiful bikes in their own right and era.

Then again, I'd also like a Lambretta 150 LD and a BSA Bantam D1 and a CB750/4 K2 and a GPz900R and a...

[HedgeHopper]

Mostly luurvly but spoiled by that swingarm and shock, they look like afterthoughts.