Featured In the July 2020 issue of Roadracing World:

      “In 1952, the roads were terrible and the tires even worse, so, even though the brakes were not very good, there wasn’t a whole lot of traction available downstream in the system. That said, our intrepid Phils (Irving & Vincent) did the best they could for the Black Shadow with the technology available to them. Mainly this involved cleverly fitting as many robust drums as they could (four!). 

      “There are dual-leading-shoe drum kits and even disc conversion kits available for the Vincents but, short term, I set about trying to optimize what I had by getting it all working as well as possible. After doing almost everything we could with the stock set-up, I determined that if I was going to actually log serious miles on the bike I would have to upgrade to something more substantial but, meanwhile, I’d have to use rider discretion to never override the brakes. Rider discretion has never really been my strong suit…”

—The Vincent Black Shadow, Tuning For Speed, Part 4: Anchors, by Sam Q. Fleming

Having spent a vast amount of energy and effort getting his Vincent Black Shadow to go, Sam Fleming next turned his attention to getting the priceless beauty stopped. All the details of making ancient drum brakes work can be found in the latest issue of Roadracing World!

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