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<\/p>\nAvon Tyres is working with the team behind the upcoming documentary, \u201cSpeedisExpensive: The Untold Story of the Vincent Motorcycle\u201d, to produce a series of taster videos for fans.<\/p>\n
Now in post-production, the documentary has been directed by David Lancaster, who previously worked on the BBC automotive series Top Gear, and promises to lift the lid on the dramatic untold story of the famous Vincent HRD brand.<\/p>\n
Avon has partnered with the film\u2019s producers to create a series of four sneak peek stories, which will be posted across Avon Tyres\u2019 social media channels leading up to the film\u2019s release.<\/p>\n
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Avon Tyres was the tyre manufacturer of choice for Vincent Motorcycles throughout its existence and still produces tyres for the iconic bikes. Avon\u2019s range of classic motorcycle products includes the Speedmaster MKII, Safety Mileage MKII (in A, B and C tread options) and the Sidecar Triple Duty.<\/p>\n
Vincent Motorcycles began when Philip Vincent purchased HRD Motors Ltd in 1928. Over the following years their motorcycles took on all competition, and often won, gaining more speed records than any other manufacturer during their production, which ran through to 1955.<\/p>\n
Famously, in 1948, American Roland \u201cRollie\u201d Free \u2013 clad only in a shower cap, swimming trunks and a pair of sneakers \u2013 smashed the 150mph barrier at the Bonneville Salt Flats riding a Vincent Black Shadow on Avon tyres. This produced what has been described as \u201cthe most famous picture in motorcycling\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpeedisExpensive\u201d follows Philip Vincent-Day, the 26-year-old grandson of Vincent, who never met his grandfather, as he embarks on a journey to learn more about his forebear\u2019s amazing life and machines. He talks to the men and women who built the bikes, as well as racers, friends and family. Famous names such as World Champion motorcycle rider John Surtees, TV star Jay Leno and West Coast legend Marty Dickerson also feature.<\/p>\n
In the first Avon video, Vincent-Day takes a high-speed ride in the sidecar of one of the multi-race winning Irving Vincents piloted by Australian Pro-Twins Champion Beau Beaton and running on Avon tyres. Vincent-Day describes the experience as \u201cthrilling but exhausting\u201d.<\/p>\n
The documentary has the full co-operation and support of the Vincent family. It features unseen archive film of Philip Vincent, as well as action footage of some of Vincent\u2019s most famous models.<\/p>\n
One of these models recently became the world\u2019s most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction \u2013 the Jack Ehret Lighting \u2013 which the team flew to Australia earlier this year to record running at high speed along the same New South Wales road on which it became the fastest vehicle in the southern hemisphere in 1952, reaching over 140mph.<\/p>\n
The Ehret bike sold at Bonhams last year for $929,000 (US) \u2013 the new Australian owner paying $1.2 million in his home country\u2019s currency.<\/p>\n
Michiel Kramer, Sales and Marketing Director, Avon Tyres, said, \u201cIt is a great pleasure to join forces with the team behind the new \u201cSpeedisExpensive\u201d documentary. Avon Tyres has forged so many exciting partnerships over the years and we will always hold fond memories of our time with Vincent Motorcycles. We look forward to sharing some of the stories from the documentary with a wider audience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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