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the new Vincent

November 1st, 2005

I never would have guessed that Vincent Motorcycles was now located in San Diego and under a new release phase. I was doing an Google image search of British bikes and one of the top returns for Vincent bikes was this wonderful short history .

In any case the Vincent HRD is being revived. It uses a Honda engine so I suppose it’s somewhat a nostalgia/image thing. I’m not so certain that Honda engines are all that special. But they’re probably fine for the average biker.

I think of the pros and cons of performance engines v. floor models as pretty similar to the Windows v. Linux debate. It just depends upon your motivation and usage. I’ll bet I’d be pretty pleased with a modern Vincent cruiser and I’m sure it performs satisfactorily.

fun cruiser This would be really fun with the Matchless Silverhawk flat pipes. Actually, those pipes would probably look good on any bike.

Now, all I’ll need is a few $k. Well, more than a few $k. I’d guess they’ll start around $25k for all those nostaligic warm fuzzies.

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