OK Supreme, Excelsior, HRD, and Vincent | A Brief History Of Those That Have Gone Before

[@dr.mustansirhabibulla1397]

My first ever KZbin comment, and this video is thoroughly deserving... I have been an ardent follower of British motorcycling history and I learnt so much, kudos to the team and the channel.

[@TheHistoryEngine]

Thank you for watching and thank you for the great comment!

[@p.m3735]

Great episode. I really like thease episodes with history in. Great to remember what and who came before. 😎

[@JohnSmith-xw5qe]

What a wonderful historical video some great pictures & videos of long gone wonderful motorcycles just love these history lessons. A Massive Thank keep up the great work.

[@Luppy-v8f]

I use to have several excelsior motorcycles. I even wrote a book about the marquee. Loved to ride my talisman twins.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

The Vincent 1000 engine had several iterations. And in fairly recent times was 'remanufactured' as the Irving Vincent in capacities up to 1300. My experience of them is as a speedway sidecar spectator, they were the thing to have until at least the mid 70s. One or two played in the 90s in more modern frames And the glorious V twin noise,, never to be beaten. JAPs sound ok as well,, but a good Vincent is supreme. And more so Len Bowes s/c version. There is a you Tube clip of Vincents at Broadford,, crank up the sound. And bare in mind these are only occasionally Vincent riders. We got the guys used to them weekly at many Aussie speedways

[@Miata822]

I think it interesting looking back at the earliest motorcycle history and seeing how we have come full circle. Motorcycles grew in size, power, complexity, and expense from WWII until today. Now MC companies are bring out smaller machines, Honda even reintroducing the Cub to Western markets in an attempt to attract younger buyers new to riding. Those new riders instead are picking up electrically assisted bicycles or, in a style dating back over a century, attaching small Chinese 2-stroke engines to existing bicycles where allowed (and even where not). I am fine with this trend. Who among us doesn't miss the mechanical simplicity of the motorcycles of our youth, seen of course through the gauze of time which obscures the constant problems they served to us with painful regularity.

[@debbiepugh2055]

Really like the history episodes keep them coming 👍🏻

[@zilksmooth]

You do an amazing job with these films. I always learn something and your voice is enjoyable to listen to! I’m a car guy from across the pond, but always appreciated the purity of motorcycles.

[@TheHistoryEngine]

Thank you! We may get around to creating a car channel one day 🚗

[@zilksmooth]

@@TheHistoryEngine Do a show on British Leyland! You can name it “On Yer Spanners”. Just kidding, would watch any show you had, including some how to stuff

[@icba4907]

Excellent Paul, you popped up in a film I was watching recently, can't recall the name but you were a booky at a bare knuckle fight.

[@paulbrodie8636]

Hahaha well spotted ..yeah the bookie in Bulletproof 2!

[@frederickbowdler8169]

A good walk through motorcycle history.great stuff!!

[@57dogsbody]

The first M/C book I owned was "Tuning For Speed" by Phil Irving (great book to this day) when I was 10 years old. BTW you forgot to mention the Vincent Firefly clip on, or the Picador engined Drones.

[@johntucker469]

thanks again for a fine show,,,always wait to watch,goodluck

[@mrgrizzlyrides]

Incredibly interesting, thanx 👍

[@DanielleWhite]

Good bit of history I had missed there. And I'll be on my bike again; shop finally finished with my 1998 BMW.

[@Mackan6583]

Nice to see you again 🙂

[@colincoleman2536]

Like a bit of a history lesson thaks for sharing

[@khaccanhle1930]

Excellent story telling. It's good to hear about these lesser known brand. I've heard bits about excelsior, Henderson, and Ace before - but it's good to hear a concise description. Can you do one about Indian motorcycle?

[@getoffenit7827]

Well...that explains alot...my Dad told me as a kid,that he had an Excelsior made in the u.s. i insisted thats impossible!! Excelsior was made in England! Further...our neighbor insisted Excelsior was a german built bike...you should have heard the arguments!!....Each of us swearing blood oaths that the other was wrong!....Okay Dad...you win,And so does Simon and so do i I dont think it ever ocurred to any of us that there were 3 different builders of Excelsior.

[@birbeck87]

Nice video well produced 👍

[@drewwrobel564]

Great Stuff!

[@josephkerkau2520]

When are you going to do a video on the history of Indian Motorcycle. Hopefully, from beginning until 2018 my roadmaster. PLEASE!!!

[@TheHistoryEngine]

Haha it's coming Joseph, I can't promise it will be out before the HD episode, but it's definitely being worked on

[@josephkerkau2520]

Excellent, 40,

[@hootsmon4723]

Thank God for a bike Page. That's not up its own arse like those two on the only way up down or bloody sideways.

[@billynewman2951]

Your across the Pond!! Rabble rabble rabble. Lol

[@wazalee4872]

dad had the Vincent black shadow, i must find the family photo, dad, in the sidecar were me n mum on the way home from the hospital after my birth, so finding a 60-year-old photo i don't hold hopes high. my only hope of a classic is the Indian/ Royal Enfield 500 Bullet, still would be great fun to pop down the shop.

[@harryl6175]

Can we get a video on new imperial

[@georgemcmillan9172]

Were it not for the tinkering bicycle builders, the modern motorcycle would not exist. I wonder if anyone ever tried to mount an engine to a Velcipede? Vincent apparently built such a reliable machine, it helped put him out of business...

[@fanbatcher]

Can anyone shed light on how many OK Supremes were made each year?

[@ruyzapiola5965]

12/2/21 See what you did there... :P

[@dehoedisc7247]

And to this very day, the major threat to any motorcyclist is being hit and killed by a car. I have survived being hit twice by cars, and I am lucky.

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

😀😀👍🏼👍🏼🖖🏼🍺🍺🍺🏍🏍

[@DOSmanager]

Sorry, can't get back on the bike. A stupid person smashed into me and my V Rod Muscle, causing me to lose a leg and the bike.

[@TheHistoryEngine]

That's some heavy blows you've taken Al, you're still with us though 👊 Stay strong and don't give up on the dream. In the past we interviewed a guy who had been blown up in Afghanistan, losing both legs and some fingers. It took a while but he was able to ride again.

[@colemanadamson5943]

Background music annoying.

[@robertwilson9826]

Typical Brits tooting there own horn. They had a hard time talking about any bikes that weren't made in Great Britain. BTW I was born there in 1955.

[@razor1uk610]

...you've got quite a sore chip on your shoulder it seems about Brits, to which I assume that it could mean you live in Australia ?

[@johnmartin7158]

This is a very good channel. It’s good to hear history of cars and bikes no matter where they are manufactured. Nothing wrong for reminiscing.