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  • The Classic MotorCycle

    Chris Vincent (1935-2021)

    Mar 31, 2021 3 minutes
    Image: MORTONS ARCHIVE

    the lead up to the 1962 Sidecar TT, it was a case of which of the BMW crews would run out victorious, and while the two-tone green outfit piloted by Chris Vincent was acknowledged to be fast and its driver skilful, the pushrod parallel twin BSA A7 engine was no match for the overhead camshaft, Rennsport flat-twin motors powering the stellar BMW devices. After all, BMW had won every sidecar TT since 1955, its re-introductory year being 1954. Vincent and passenger

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