Oh, my. It's really a gorgeous motorcycle isn't it? Thank you. Just seeing it makes me feel 'special'.
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Oh, my. It's really a gorgeous motorcycle isn't it? Thank you. Just seeing it makes me feel 'special'.
Yes, very nice I still don't know why they removed it from the museum, it was replaced with a Honda CG125 copy from Afganistan?
The bike was/is owned by an individual. I believe it was sold as a part of an estate sale. I think it is now available but at a huge price.
I've seen the Vincent Red Shadow twice, both at auction. The guy that owns it won't let it go for less than a million and he's been close both times. It is one of one.
I know of the bike you mention, a White Shadow special order only 15 ever built and only the 1 in red. A very special bit of kit and bloody expensive.
Exactly. Damn, is it pretty.
I wonder why Vincent never offered the red?
Sorry for the slow reply it's been a busy day for me, they certainly look nice in red but I love the original Black Shadow the best.
Yeah, I agree the Black Shadow and Black Lightning are too iconic for ordinary paint.
But everybody knows that red motorcycles are the fastest :)
Hi Tom, sorry for the slow response, I'm a little wrapped up in preparing to leave the Philippines at the moment and haven't been online for a few days.
I have owned dozens maybe hundreds of bikes over the years, but for some reason, red has never worked for me. Even when I raced Honda's I would change the livery to black, it's always been my colour of choice, I've had a few Honda 400/fours over the years and they were blue or yellow but never red.
My vintage Maico's are all red though, that's something I would never change.