the Vincati

a Vincati (all Ducati 750 SS/Vincent 1000cc engine)

The first Vincati was reported by the Australian Motorcycle Action in October 1975, and it was put together by Max Johnson.

 In 1972, Johnson was looking for a Vincent but first found a Vincent engine installed in a racing car.

He acquired it and started his quest for frame parts, and the idea of the Vincati simply came as he was assisting a friend in repairing his Ducati 750. He assessed that the Vincent Twin would fit quite well in this chassis and that it would also be a much easier to find a wrecked bike on the market.

After about three years of intensive work including the mock-up, rebuilding the engine and finally assemble the bike, the Vincati was ready and made its first apparition during one of the VOC outing.

Phil Irving, co-designer of the Vincent, was there and made the following comment ‘It almost looks as if it grew there.’ reported AMA, which also commented that ‘Phil Irving was not partial to the many variations and hybrids of the traditional Vincent, these faint words of praise indicate he was not unpleased with the Max Johnson version.’.

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