The History of Vincent HRD

December 30, 2009 · Posted in Motorcycles

Phillip Vincent was a determined man with firm ideas on how a motorcycle should perform, and more importantly, how a motorcycle should be built.

He had studied mechanical science at Cambridge University and had a poor opinion of many features of the contemporary machines.

In the 1920s, he built his first motorcycle. Like all others, it had rear suspension with a triangulated pivoted fork and the springs were mounted beneath the saddle to work against the upper frame. It had a Swiss Mag engine, a Moss gearbox, Webb forks and Enfield hubs.

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