The Vincent Firefly was a small clip-on auxiliary engine for bicycles, sold by Vincent Motorcycles of Stevenage between 1953 and 1955. Its displacement was 45 cc, and it was built under licence from Miller, the company that supplied electrical components to Vincent. Sold fitted to a cycle, it was also known as the Vincent Power Cycle. It sat at the opposite end of the range from the firm's celebrated V-twin Rapide and Black Shadow, and it belongs to the mid-1950s attempts to diversify as sales of expensive hand-built motorcycles fell away. The same period brought the imported NSU mopeds that Vincent sold, a prototype three-wheeler and the Picador aircraft engine. Motorcycle production at Vincent ended in December 1955.
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1. The Classic MotorCycle: The need to diversify
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supplied the Firefly as a complete autocycle or moped
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inside the bottom of the petrol tank
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The Firefly was a 45 cc "clip on" engined bicycle built from 1953 to 1955 under licence from Miller, who were suppliers of electrical components to Vincent.
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Vincent Motorcycles was a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1928 to 1955.
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The Firefly was a 45 cc "clip on" engined bicycle built from 1953 to 1955 under licence from Miller, who were suppliers of electrical components to Vincent.
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It was also known as the Vincent Power Cycle.
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The Firefly was a 45 cc "clip on" engined bicycle built from 1953 to 1955
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