"THE BLACK FALCON", BY FALCON MOTORCYCLES . . . . THIS IS BIKE BUILDING TAKEN TO ITS HAND MADE EXTREME . . . . DAVIES, VINCENT AND IRVING WOULD'VE BEEN IN AWE OF THIS IMMACULATE BIT OF CUSTOM FABRICATION . . . . ABSOLUTELY STUNNING IN EVERY WAY, INSPIRATIONAL STUFF !!!

WE TEND TO FORGET SPECIFIC BIKES AND BUILDS THESE DAYS AMONG A CONSTANT DAILY DELUGE OF CURRENT CONTENDERS FLOODING THE INTERWEBNET THINGY, WE ARE BEING OVERLOADED WITH 'NOW' AT THE EXPENSE 'THEN', OF BEING ABLE TO INDULGE IN THE TIME HONOURED TRADITION OF PAWING OVER A MAGAZINE AND GETTING TO REALLY KNOW EACH AND EVERY DETAIL OF A PARTICULAR BIKE, APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE WORK INFUSED INTO THAT BIKE BY THE MIND AND HANDS BEHIND ITS INCEPTION AND SUBSEQUENT REALISATION . . . . I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE WITH THIS PIECE OF TWO WHEELED MAGNIFICENCE.



The "Black Falcon" Vincent build was started in around 2009, based on a '52 Black Shadow, it was to be a work of such monumentally time consuming dedication that to have it consigned to the bowels of forgotten history is a travisty and a tragedy of almost sinful dimensions . . . . the thing is one of  the most significant custom bikes of the era, excellence in engineering, construction, design aesthetics and the dogged pursuit of pulling it off so successfully should not be allowed to slip away and fade from view . . . .

Admitedly, I'm a life long Vincent fanatic, believing them to be the finest V-twin ever built, Series III specifically, so perhaps my opinion is just a tad jaundiced by that predisposition, but fuck that, if you can't see just how wonderful this gorgeous, exceptional build turned out to be, well, maybe you do need to spend some time analysing this mini doc as put together by The Los Angeles Times a year or so ago . . . . The Black Falcon, a singularly perfect motorcycle.