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    My ultimate bike

    Been dreaming for 30+ years about owning one of these has anyone got a spare money jar lying around!

    SOLD for undisclosed I reckon as the ad was pulled by seller due to the item no longer being available.

    VINCENT SERIES BLACK SHADOW. | eBay
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    A Vincent Black Shadow has to be on top of every riders wish list.

    Who hasn't seen the picture of Rollie Free laying prone in 1948 at Bonneville doing 150.313 mph (241.905 km/h) on a Black Shadow.

    I had a chance to buy one in 1993 from a shop in San Pedro, Cal. The husband had passed having six Vincents, two were Black Shadows. She wanted $45K US and I thought that was too high at the time. Maybe silly me. As nice as this one is now at $113K US it seems high as well. But oh what a beauty.

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    Lots of forward thinking engineering went into those bikes. Nice looking too. I still don't have a money tree in the back yard so settled for a Norton.

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    Damn Jim I bet your kicking yourself now even if it risked the wrath of the Minister F W & F......

    I will never forget Wayne Patterson a State road race champion was racing at Bathurst probably back in about 74'ish and had his Yamaha TZ-350 geared right up this is a proper factory road racing rig that was rated at 200KPH+ (120MPH).
    Coming onto conrod straight before they put the kink in 1987 to comply with new rules also there had been a number of deaths there, Wayne was right behind a Black Shadow and had made up his mind to get past the big fella not forgetting your coming down a sharp left at a fairly steep angle so you can get good run on especially with a 2 stroke.....!
    Wayne never got a look in the big bike just walked away from the TZ now that is no mean feat given the weight difference and a 4 stroke V's a 2 stroke and the intervening years that the bikes were produced yes sir they were a very very special bike.

    I have ridden against Wayne on some runs when I had my VFR1000R he was on a FJ1100 Yamaha serial No.4 you guessed it with no compliance plate a prototype don't know how it got regoe'd but it could certainly go we were not hanging around as I know when chasing him the VFR-R was very close to its rev limiter at 11,000rpm on the tacho in top. (Pic of my 1984 VFR1000R in summer 1985)
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    Quote Originally Posted by TankerDon View Post
    I still don't have a money tree in the back yard so settled for a Norton.
    Don,

    750 or 850 Commando? They were great loooking bikes, rubber mounts as I recall.

    This guy is going 150 mph.

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JuWKvDI_Jc...ollieFreea.jpg

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    Jim, it's a 71 750.

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    Mine was a yellow 850. But my girlfriend in 1966, now my wife of 50 years, wanted something she could ride on the back with me. So I sold it and started buying Harleys.




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    Rollie in his shorts a bath cap and borrowed athletic shoes because it made him faster,,,Timeless.
    If you can’t run with the big dogs then stay on the porch Snowflakes.....

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    Ouch! I bet that left a mark. That's why mine has a Corbin on it like your old bike. If she wants to ride she can get her own bike.

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    This is my favorite- second owner from new ('72). These "oil in frame" Triumphs get criticized as not being as good as the 70 and older type but the oif frame was inspired by the Trackmaster flat track racing frame and is excellent. At 383 lb this one will leave my Commando wallowing in its wake on a twisty road. One of the last 650's and equipped with 5 speed it's a gem.

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