The Rapide was the large V-twin motorcycle of Vincent HRD, designed and built at the firm's works in Great North Road, Stevenage. It debuted in 1936 and was built until 1939, then returned in 1946 and ran until 1955, in four major versions labelled Series A through D, although the factory never officially used the Series D name. The first Vincent V-twin grew out of the company's single, when designer Phil Irving saw that two drawings of the engine laid over each other made a V and that a one-litre twin could use the same cylinders, heads and valve gear. The Series A had a brazed lug frame, cantilever rear suspension and a 998 cc air-cooled engine of 45 horsepower, and earned the nickname the plumber's nightmare for its external oil pipes. The postwar Series B made the engine a stressed member of the frame, and the Series C added the Girdraulic front fork.
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Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) EngineAir-cooled V-twin with overhead valves 1 Connections
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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The model debuted in 1936 and was built until 1939.
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Production resumed in 1946 and ended in 1955.
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company
Series A, engine class
The engine was an air-cooled 47° V-twin with overhead valves operated by rocker arms and short pushrods driven by two camshafts mounted high in the engine's timing case.
Series A, fuel tank
so the Series A Rapide received a petrol tank with two fillers
Series A, power
With a 6.8:1 compression ratio, the Series A engine produced 45 hp (34 kW) @ 5500 rpm
Series A, top speed
and was capable of 110 mph (177.0 km/h).
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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The Vincent Rapide is a line of standard motorcycles designed and built by the Vincent HRD motorcycle company at their works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England.
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