This is Vincent Black Lightning was the first one in the USA. This motorcycle when owned by Joe Simpson, held the American motorcycles speed records three times. The first being unsupercharged and the following two being super charged. The bike was ridden by both Marty Dickerson and Joe Simpson.

The Vincent Comet C can almost be said to represent the ultimate stage in the development of the production engine 1000ccm. Its successor, the series Vincent D was certainly designed, but the decision to cease motorcycle production in 1955 meant that officially, only one Vincent Comet D was built although a few more were built up from spares during 1956th.

The Vincent Rapide Series C motorcycle bolstered the Vincent reputation to new heights especially with innovations such as twin carbs and exhaust pointing forward rear cylinder V-Twin.