Vincent Black Shadow (Needs Work)

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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VINCENT-BLACK-SHADOW_W0QQitemZ260321179875QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_ Motorcycles?hash=item260321179875&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318

[Azrael]

We must be in bat country..

[Jockney Rebel]

jeeztime to go hunting methinks after all i got a grand for that old bultaco i found last yr

[oldskool]

That cunts dreaming right?

[ralph]

lol saw that

[chopaweeza]

Actually he's pretty clever advertising it the way he has. I'd never buy it but some of the bits he has are rare so I can see why it has the bids it does. I built up a C series Rapide in 92' out of a bunch of tea chests and using bits I bought cheap from a speedway bloke at Lidcombe . Sold it when I got baddly injured to help with medical bills but kept a B series engine(just missing 10% of it's parts) stashed in boxes under the workbench in my back shed. That was until about 5 years ago I made the mistake of inviting a fellow Vincent enthusiast around to show off the engine. He came back a month later when he knew I was at work , told the conniving bitch I was married to what I had & what it was worth and bought it off her for $8,000 without my knowledge . Due to the crowded nature of my sheds I didn't notice it was gone for about 3 months . Never did see any of the cash from that and I reported it as stolen . Only found out the engine hadn't been stolen when the guy tried to rego the restored engine about 2 years ago and the guy was able to produce a receipt with my recently seperated wife's details on it........ The engine at the time was worth about $12k .

[Weaselman]

hey hes got 5g's on that pile of crap already...

must know its worth summat

[Jockney Rebel]

vinnies fetch about 20-30k GBP in the uk ...in running condition and as for parts there as rare as a blow job form a nun
other rareties are
Gold star beezas[real ones ]
Rocket threes
Tridents
Ariel square 4s
1977 silver jubilee T140Vs
Norman hyde T120s and T140s with his 4 valve head conversion
66 and 99 Norton dommies
Silk 700ss made in the late 70s 700cc w/c 2 stroke twin
all these will fetch 20k in good nick

[sickboy]

The latest Classic Bike mag has a Vincent in it that sold for 200,000 pounds at auction.fukinutz.

[hooligan]

I've got the receipt here for my Dad's vincent that he bought in London in 1957 for the princely sum of 64 pounds, 16 shillings.

[Bear]

I was brought up around Vincents as speedway sidecars and they fkn pull! Torque on tap.
My Father would be interested in those parts.
There are some enthusiasts in the UK that have bought or replicated the mouldings for casting replacement parts, so you can get new stuff but because it's all hand made = $$$.

I reckon if you did have the money to throw at this sort of thing, you'd be better off with one of these - http://www.irvingvincent.com/gallery.htm

An interesting read here - http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Motorcycle-Reviews/2008-03-01/Vincent-1300.aspx

[Buggzz]

Speaking of the Silk, there was a very tidy example at the All British Rally this year.

[Jockney Rebel]

theres a marshall at brands who owns a 78 silk they werent road burners but really refined 2 stokes

[zx12argh]

ended up selling for $7500
crikey - not bad for something that looks like it got pulled out of the tip.

[Jockney Rebel]

jeez .....okthen anyone want a 1978 cb750kz fuel tank only 7000

[geesexar]

when i was 13 i went to a bike show in mt gambier..this guy had fully restored a black shadow..it was the first time i got a tickle in my pants