New Vincent HRD engine build and first start up

This is a Vincent engine we have recently built completely from new parts for a customer. The build took around 6 months. Nearly all parts supplied by the Vincent Owners Club Spares Co. Molnar Engineering crank-cases, Pistons are Omega, con-rods are Carrillo, 5 speed Quaife Surtees box. 90x100 bore and stroke giving 1275cc. Uses our PCV breather system, Alton generator, BTH magneto and Grosset electric start.
www.bskspeedworks.co.uk
#bskspeedworks #eglivincent #vincenthrd #vincentmotorcycle #norvin #vincenthrd #vincentblackshadow #castrolclassic #lansdowneclassic #goodwoodrevival

[@larrymagee8758]

One of the GREATEST V-TWINS ever built!

[@gmcevoy]

Fantastic! Well done!

[@binoyjosephsunros215]

loved it Fantastic Guys Well done!

[@neilbeacham1244]

Nice work gentlemen

[@Thedutchrockstar]

Beautiful!

[@redryderaus]

What a beautiful sound.

[@demzunoplayer]

What a beast!

[@kenwest.5735]

Very nice hello from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Mr9Guns]

My dream is to one day build a classic bike with one of these in it.

[@rickhope5653]

magic

[@ajuste4369]

Le silencieux a pas mal chauffé durant l’essai !.........Belle musique , Très intéressant !

[@rickg.5171]

True British royalty.

[@paulchandler9646]

King of all motorcycles.

[@tneita3166]

I like the GOLD STAR, DBD'S

[@ultimobile]

yair - in theory - except when a guy let me ride his Ducati Desmo 750 V-twin first, before we swapped and I got on his Rapide - the rattly juddery ride, transmission and slower acceleration of the Vincent would have literally left me in the dust - except we were on the only bitumen road in that small town ...

[@daveversion2.2]

I would never have thought a Vincent would use Mikuni carbs……but hey…..I put one on my Norton.

[@keithmoore5224]

the prices not bad considering the price of a original

[@markblundell9461]

What’s one of them worth??? ( I know I can’t afford it....... wife would kill me ) but I have some tubes bent for making a couple of slimline frames.
It would be nice.😊

[@wiscgaloot]

What, the engine alone or a complete bike? There's a 1955 Black Knight Series D for sale on Craigslist here in CA for $86K, it's been on there for several months. Make him an offer! I can afford it but I don't have a garage to keep it in, and I'd prefer a Series C Black Shadow.

[@tomthompson7400]

stunning , roughly what sort of money would such an engine cost ,,

[@kinghamracing]

Around £35K GBP

[@tomthompson7400]

@@kinghamracing OMG ,,,, and then some ,,, but it really is a thing of great beauty.

[@peterhughes4767]

35k And then yer still need all the other bits?

[@kinghamracing]

@@peterhughes4767 that's for the complete engine with all ancillaries.

[@peterhughes4767]

@@kinghamracing by Ancillaries do you mean, Frame, forks, wheels and the rest of the bike?

[@charliebrown4624]

If it was the first start up, then why was the muffler blue???

[@kinghamracing]

Because the engine is new but the exhaust is used..? The rest of the cycle parts were used too and just fitted to enable starting of the engine.

[@charliebrown4624]

@@kinghamracing Gotcha. Thanks for your reply. Beautiful engine by the way.

[@lucabrasi5070]

I felt like Forrest Gump when he saw his son for the first time.

[@kinghamracing]

:-)

[@DennisMerwood-xk8wp]

ARRRGh! Mikuni carbs on a Vincent. Sacrilege! LOL

[@doglover31418]

And what kind of moral degenerate puts an electric starter on a Vincent? Is there no manliness in this world?

[@DavidKing-jx3sg]

Phil irvings finest

[@AbdurrahmanZedSaeed]

It has electric starter or no?

[@kinghamracing]

This one does, yes.

[@petersattler3454]

Those carbys look so out of place.

[@kinghamracing]

Yes maybe, but they were specified by the customer, and they work really well.

[@stevemarshall5197]

Carby ?

[@kinghamracing]

@@stevemarshall5197 Carburetors.

[@bigtime474]

Beautiful!