It is rare for a bike that has survived for 60 years to have been kept in its original, pristine condition. The more often a motorcycles changes hands, the more it gets modified, as each owner wants to personalize it. Sometimes the mods are drastic, sometimes they\u2019re minute, but change comes over the bike, nonetheless. Over the years, even the most coveted marques \u2013 like the Vincent \u2013 can still fall under the cutting torch, be dismantled and parted out, or they may become a chopper, a racer or a hot rod. Such was the case with this bike.<\/p>\n
The newest owner of this Vincent, Bar Hodgson, picked it up as a rolling chassis with a raft of other individual components \u2013 let\u2019s just say it was bit better than a basket case.<\/p>\n
Hodgson gladly took on the project, thinking it would be more of a restoration, but after he realized how much work was needed to rebuild many of the worn out and misaligned parts, he knew it would become a custom. The fact that Hodgson had an Egli frame would make it all worthwhile. Fritz Egli is legendary for his frames, the first of which he designed for the Vincent Black Shadow. He continued to make frames for many types of performance motorcycles; when he could no longer keep up with production demands, Egli recruited Roger Slater to help build the frames in England.<\/p>\n