Supercharged Vincent H.R.D at Broadford easter sunday 2011

Rider: Ken Walker
Sidecar: Matt Putkunz
Here seen are some awesome riders tearing around the speedway track at Broadford on an incredible bike.

[@mikedehooghblackflagracephotos]

Oh man! What a glorious sound. When they come by at speed! Headphones, volume all the way up: instant wood.

[@jhnshearn51]

Gave me goose bumps watching it, brilliant.

[@ajuste4369]

IMPRESSIONNANT ! SUPER SIDE-CAR ARTICULE !

[@rolandrodriguez3854]

Great sounding!

[@davidmarshall1259]

I love the Aussies, a true breed of competitive warriors. freshly bred from the motherland of ENGLAND!!

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

Some of us were ALREADY HERE ... !! But yeah, you're welcome!!

[@mael-strom9707]

Now, that's what is called 'motor' sport... 🖖😎😋

[@rolandrodriguez3854]

Fantastic sound!

[@tweakintrax6097]

Thumbs Up ! Had To Watch It Twice

[@peteranddorothybowles5428]

Bloo y good one Good sports you Australians Great to see mate Id rather see this than 100 new bikes there all the same in 2 wheel speedwayGood luck Pete Eastbourne I wish we had more sidecars in UK track meets

[@gunnyhartman2]

Fantastic exhaust note!....

[@57dogsbody]

The loudest and best sounding twin I ever heard was a blown Viincent: Super Nero.

[@BigEsGarage]

This is madness!

[@allanhickey2190]

Awesome

[@derekcollins1972]

Love it.Torquey as hell.

[@motomart2010]

Nice.I enjoyed that.

[@TombstoneHeart]

South Australian sidecar ace, Len Bowes had a supercharged Vincent outfit. I think he bought it off a bloke in the US who used it as drag bike. I thought it was a complete write off after an epic crash at Claremont Speedway in Perth, but later heard it was rebuilt and sold. Is this the same Vincent?

[@ldnwholesale8552]

yes. You can see Bowesy's name on the rear guard. I think you will find that he built it though.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@ldnwholesale8552 WOW!! So that makes this bike a real piece of Aussie Motorsport history!! Good to know it's in safe hands, and still being appreciated by the owner and public alike. A thanks for sharing your knowledge once again in a comment section!! You really know your Aussie Speedway historical stuff!!

[@ldnwholesale8552]

That is Bowesys bike. Built here locally in Adelaide in probably the early 60s

[@petersmith6903]

A big vinney some machine love it they have done a great job building it a mate of mine had one he had to go on the curb to start it he was 5 ft nothing

[@BentleyGT10]

Caaraazeee!

[@kramrollin69]

Well its called History, Aussies have used Vincents in Speedway sidecars since the 50s. You do realise that you can buy brand new Vincent engines dont you? They are made in both the UK and Australia, as well as the J.A.P. V twin engine.

[@georgeflutey838]

Zagar E, yep, and bevel drive air cooled ducati engines

[@kramrollin69]

@@georgeflutey838 Nice...where are they made?

[@stewartfan98]

What an awesome use for a HRD motor! Somehow,while I completely understand that the whole thing is an integral part of Australian motorcycle history,I don't think anybody would believe that narrow minded soulless people, would still not be able to enjoy the thrill of motorcycles racing on horse race tracks to continue,certainly not as long as this! I think that the SPIRIT of the riders of that day was such that they'd enjoy the road, and dirt tracks we have, and would want their machines to be RACED HARD and enjoyed.

[@robthelog223]

stewartfan98 Ni horses run on that track!

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@robthelog223 Not even trotters ... Americans, eh?

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Real sidecars have V twins. And I doubt that particular one ever looked that good ever. In its retirement it spent some time at the Birdwood Mill museum coated in about 2" of Rowley dolomite absorbing the oil! AFAIK that was the only supercharged Vincent sidecar and it really cracks. And that really is what killed them, trying to quieten them. Len Bowes went on with his ring a ding things though the Vincents were still winning a few years later. Neil Munro Oz champion in 73. I would love to see a modern Vincent engine in one, not at least 65 years of metal fatigue. though again noise would kill it.

[@cat793cdumpy]

A guy named Lenny Bowes had a supercharged vincent in South Australia . It was at Rowley park speedway when I was a kid.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@cat793cdumpy What a top little venue the old Rowley Park track was. What tragedy to loose a place like that to greed!!

[@ldnwholesale8552]

This is Bowesy's bike. @@cat793cdumpy

[@ldnwholesale8552]

@@cat793cdumpy That is the bike. Used to arrive at Rowley in the back of a ute. Get raced and maybe get hosed off. Won a LOT of races late 60s early 70s before he went to ring a ding things.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

@@frenzalrhomb6919 Rowley was lost because of noise, traffic, dust in an inner metro area. The Soccer Federation owned the land but could do nothing with it as grass would not grow down a clay pug hole. Filled in,,, I would hate to live there on reclaimed land.

[@davidshields8401]

Sidecar rider syndrome. Known to Psychiatrists by the term "just plain nuts"

[@ldnwholesale8552]

You know the sidecar teams,, they are the ones that limp!!

[@lescosgrove8366]

Reno Stan Bal is

[@SoyBoySigh]

What an awful use for an HRD motor! Somehow, while I like to think of the whole thing as an interesting foot-note of motorcycle history, I don't think anybody had intended the cross-over of motorcycles and horse race-tracks to continue, certainly not as long as this! I think the SPIRIT of the riders of that day was such that they'd admire the roads and tracks we have, and would want their machines on the TARMACK!

[@xl5006]

twat

[@aidanhinchliffe166]

It isn't a horse track, and it is amazing

[@peterherrington3300]

It's tarmac actually. Tarmacadam

[@mbkb96]

Gg