We also provide full workshop services for Vincents in Desborough. Provided by highly experienced Vincent mechanics (including those who prepared the 2022/2024 Goodwood Vincent winner), our workshop team have well over 100 years of Vincent engineering experience and are undoubtedly one of the most experienced Vincent repair and tuning teams operating today. We have recently increased the ability of our team to improve the performance of your machine by installing a Dynamometer We aim to provide the Vincent-specialist repair services that you could get at Stevenage at its high point. As is the case with our parts supply, VOC members enjoy a discount on this service. For our Workshop Terms and Conditions click here
Workshop
In addition, we only use parts provided by Vincent Spares, so you are assured that the Vincent parts fitted are of the highest quality, made to the official VOC drawings, and properly fitted to these 70+ year-old machines.
Typical work ranges from:
- Thorough service getting the bike ready for a new season of riding and fun
- Brake reline and service
- Cable replacement
- Reboring barrels, or fitting new liners and pistons
- Gearbox or clutch rebuilds
- Wheel building
- Fitting an electric start
- Complete engine rebuild
- Cylinder head rebuild including new valves and guides
- Complete bike renovation and rebuild
We can also arrange for your bike to be picked up and transported to and from our workshop in Desborough.
Just Installed! a Dynamometer
Thanks in part to a generous donation from renowned VOC member Marcus Bowden we have now installed a MAHA LPS3000 Dynamometer (Rolling Road) in our Desborough premises, allowing us to test machines and carry out tuning in a controlled environment. Test results can be displayed and printed out for power, torque, Air/Fuel ratio, time, speed or distance.
The dyno can also be used to fix a range of running issues by simulating road or track riding, allowing us to find problems that otherwise might be difficult to diagnose.
Our dyno has dual channel AFR, which means we can even measure fuelling of each cylinder on twins individually in real time. It is also equipped with an ‘eddy current brake’ which allows us to apply a load to the machine, making tuning much more accurate.
We will obviously be catering for Vincent twins and singles, but we also feel that given our experience with classic bikes we can be of assistance to anyone who needs adjustment and tuning of carburettor equipped classic bikes, a service that in the age of ECU fuel injected modern bikes is becoming a rarer skill.
If you think your bike could benefit from a Dyno session, contact Ben using the form below mentioning ‘Dyno’ and giving details of your bike.
Should you send your Vincent in for repairs you can also elect to include a full Dyno test in your request.
Dyno rate is £100 per hour. 10% discount applies for VOC members.
Please see our relevant T&C relating to use of the dyno.
Door to the dynamometer test cell
View inside the acoustic dynamometer test cell
Ben Kingham on +44 (0) 1536 312 220 will be able to discuss your requirements and give you guidance or if you prefer enter details in form below and Ben will ring or email you