Black shadow

A beautiful vincent black shadow boards the boat to Weymouth from St Peter Port Guernsey, this is a 1000cc British Classic, the reason for its name "Black" Shadow was that the entire bike (including the engine) was coloured black including baked enamel on crank-case and covers. The reason for the black on the crankcases is still disputed to this day. Some claim that the black colour was for looks, others claim that it had something to do with heat transfer and dissipation. Whatever the original reason behind the painting of the engine, it was very different from anything else at a time when everything was polished and chromed

Posted by memories of days gone by on 2011-05-20 17:36:38

Tagged: , HRD , Black shadow , Vincent , British , Classic , 1000cc , Motorbike , Motorcycle , Moto , motorrad

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