This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Iconic Motorcycle Sale at the NEC Classic Motor Show 2025 on Sunday the 9th of November, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. Unveiled in 1946, the HRD Vincent Rapide Series B redefined motorcycle engineering in the post-war era Powered by a 998cc, 50° air-cooled V-twin offering c.45bhp @ 5,500rpm, it was one of the fastest and most advanced motorcycles of the late 1940s Fitted with a revolutionary 'frameless' design with the engine as a stressed member Vincent 'Girdraulic' forks with hydraulic damping; cantilever rear with twin spring/damper units and fitted with twin drum brakes front and rear Produced until 1949, when the HRD name was dropped in favour of simply Vincent This early correct numbers 1949 Series C is a highly desirable HRD-badged example, rarer than later Vincent-branded machines First registered on 21/07/1949 and owned by Jim Richardson since May 2006, showing just two former keepers Used regularly for touring by Jim unto 2023, it will require some recommissioning prior to road-use UK registered on a current V5C (Historic) and supplied with a large folder of paperwork with old V5Cs, old MOTs, invoices, club magazines and literature Correct front frame, rear frame number not visible, correct engine and crankcase pairing numbers