Note to anyone just starting off with bikes don't keep the kickstart depressed as you will knack the return spring. Not telling this owner how to suck eggs but standing with your weight on the Kickstarter your can hear the spring tightening and whining..not good. Should have full choked and advanced timing IMO..
Gotta tell one on myself about an untucked shoelace loop... You haven't lived until one of them gets stuck over the end of your shifting lever, & can't put that foot down. ~DU69160
I did better than that, just ridden my bike in to get serviced, got on the shop loaner and headed up the road. Stopped at a red light and fell over. Forgot I didn't have a sidebar attached, 😢
@A. Fox (Guitarman) It was not known as "The Beast" for nothing, mine once threw me over the handlebars back in 1964. Hammond really had no idea how to handle one properly.
My grandad left one of these along with 2 other rare bikes in the garage of his old house when he moved out, god knows why because they ran just fine (my dad used to use them without asking)
I love British bike's and own a few but these things are way over priced for what they are , anything V twin has a nasty price tag in todays market . Not worth the money .
Agreed. Embarrassing. Although bikes have idiosyncrasies, knowing correct fuel + air for starting cold or hot is not that hard. Any machine likes a prime kick or two, half choke and quarter throttle, then choke gradually off as its "throat clears" for a nice idle.
Note to anyone just starting off with bikes don't keep the kickstart depressed as you will knack the return spring. Not telling this owner how to suck eggs but standing with your weight on the Kickstarter your can hear the spring tightening and whining..not good. Should have full choked and advanced timing IMO..
that engine! Is a piece of artwork !
That bike is beautiful!!
Much LOVE😊
Fantastic 👍
Beautiamus!
Gotta tell one on myself about an untucked shoelace loop...
You haven't lived until one of them gets stuck over the end of your shifting lever, & can't put that foot down.
~DU69160
I don’t wear lace boots. In the 70s I rode with a guy who got his stupid bell bottoms pants legs caught in the shifter at a stop light! 😹🙀😹🙀
I did better than that, just ridden my bike in to get serviced, got on the shop loaner and headed up the road. Stopped at a red light and fell over. Forgot I didn't have a sidebar attached, 😢
Sooner stick to my Autocycle, or early James Comet 😀
Shame they cost so much If they were twenty grand i would get one
Mine cost £135 in 1964, and that was a lot of money, took me 3 months to save up for doing 2 jobs.
Mine cost me £140, but it needed work!
WhatNo tacho.?
Good job it didn't kick back 🤔
@A. Fox (Guitarman) It was not known as "The Beast" for nothing, mine once threw me over the handlebars back in 1964. Hammond really had no idea how to handle one properly.
They were good in the day ,overpriced now. your still better tickling the carbs before .
flooded it a little with the choke
My grandad left one of these along with 2 other rare bikes in the garage of his old house when he moved out, god knows why because they ran just fine (my dad used to use them without asking)
No electric start?
I'll give you £1,000 for it.
Lol you have no idea
Are you "here all week"?
Lol😂
You can get an electric starter fitted at The Vincent Workshop.
I love British bike's and own a few but these things are way over priced for what they are , anything V twin has a nasty price tag in todays market . Not worth the money .
You clearly know very little about Vincents, let alone ever ridden on.
And that my friends why electric start is brilliant 😂😂🥷
Not everyone’s a Nancy boy, some of us are real men 😊
I had my right foot crushed and don't fancy starting a black shadow with the left, even more so if it's warm/hot.
Did your mother have any kids who lived?
And thats what getting to know uoure bikes all about ,if you just got in to bikes before they went all electronic and fuel injection u missed out .
You’re making a real meal of starting that. You should learn the proper technique for a Vincent twin.
So what? Did he get it started or not?
Agreed. Embarrassing. Although bikes have idiosyncrasies, knowing correct fuel + air for starting cold or hot is not that hard. Any machine likes a prime kick or two, half choke and quarter throttle, then choke gradually off as its "throat clears" for a nice idle.