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Miami Beach, Florida, United States. Both wheels are quickly detachable, and the rear wheel is reversible, with two sprockets giving gearing options for solo or sidecar use. Details about 1950 Vincent Vincent Rapide Vincent Rapide shadow other collectors restored show low miles chrome custom See original listing. Due to heavy losses the company went defunct in 1959. 1950 Vincent Rapide Series C | Classic British Motorcycles at Sheldon's EMU
1950 Vincent Rapide For Sale, £49000 Full restoration back to original minus the Amal MK1 carbs. This Vincent Touring Rapide is a Series C model with Vincent’s trademark Girdraulic front fork, a forged aluminum girder with a hydraulic shock absorber at the headstock. Select any 1950 Vincent model Founded in 1928, Vincent Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturing company primarily known for their 1948 Black Shadow motorcycle which was the world's fastest production bike. The 1948 Series C Rapide differed from the Series B primarily in its front suspension.

It is almost impossible to keep a vincent always this bright as the aluminum tarnishes whatever you do. According to the seller, the bike was manufactured between March and September 1949 and sold new in Canada in October 1950. 1950 Vincent Vincent Rapide: Condition: Used “ …

By this time Vincent believed that the Brampton fork had outlived its value, but they had resisted adopting the increasingly common telescopic forks, feeling that they were not sufficiently rigid in torsion, did not offer enough adjustment, and did not handle well when ridden hard when a sidecar was attached. The sale of this unit includes a dating certificate from the Vincent Owners Club and the works order forms.

This 1950 Vincent Rapide is an early Series C example powered by a 998cc V-twin, which shares its case with a 4-speed gearbox. See listing for this 1950 Vincent Rapide from October 31, 2019
This 1950 Vincent Series C Rapide has been Shadowized to Black Shadow specification, with a 21-inch front wheel and 20-inch rear, black-painted engine cases and that distinctive 5-inch diameter 150 MPH speedometer. The Rapide can trace its roots back to the mid-1930s, when Vincent HRD (Vincent would eventually remove the HRD label to prevent confusion with Harley-Davidson), already known for building large singles, introduced a prototype Rapide with a 998 cc, 50 degree V-twin making 45 hp at the 1936 Olympia Motorcycle Show.

The replacement was a new Vincent design called the Girdraulic fork. Riden, in dry weather not just left.