Living With The Vincent Black Shadow Motorcycle

In this video we meet Cosmo who gives us his impression on living with the Vincent Black Shadow Motorcycle. Cosmo runs Cosmo Classic Motorcycles and lives and breathes Vincent motorcycles. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 4:48 Mastering (living with) the beast 8:05 Riding the beast 9:54 Who owns Vincents? 11:18 Idiosyncrasies and foibles 17:01 The original rider’s handbook 21:19 Original parts book 24:16 Original vs non aftermarket carburettors 25:46 Tyres 27:02 Differences between Black Shadow and Rapide 31:33 How to start 36:53 Using the rear stand