The Vincent in the Barn: Great Stories of Motorcycle Archaeology
It’s every motorcyclist’s dream. A friend or acquaintance says, “You know, there’s an old bike that’s been sitting in this garage for years.” The hunt is on. And rather than the usual worthless Hondazukimaha pile of hopeless oxidation, at the back of that barn you find a genuine classic, the motorcycle collector’s dream. The Vincent in the Barn tells forty such stories--tales of motorcycle hunting dreams come true. From Ducatis in basements to Vincents abandoned in sheds, Harleys in...
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You’re at a party when someone you’ve just met that evening says, “I hear you’re into motorcycles. Man, you should check out this crazy old bike my Uncle Bobby has in his shed.” Your heart skips a beat, and your pulse quickens. Doing your best impersonation of a person whose head is not about to explode with excitement, you casually ask where old Bobby lives and offer to come take a look. Who knows what he might have squirreled away? It’s every motorcyclist’s dream: The classic bike parked and forgotten, waiting to be discovered and turned loose on the road again. Author Tom Cotter has chased down 40 great stories of lost, old bikes and the collectors who unearthed them. There’s the great Russian basement stash, the Indian in the attic, the Ducati in the basement, the Vincent in the shed, the bedroom BSA, and more tales of intrigue, hoarding, dead ends, and mother lodes. The Vincent in the Barn proves that all the good ones have not been found and provides entertainment and inspiration to every motorcycle fan who ever dreamed of finding that long-lost classic machine.
Contents Foreword by David Edwards, Editor-in-Chief Cycle World magazine Acknowledgments Introduction Crimes of Persistence The Jurassic Junkyard The Indian under the Tarp Parked Warriors by Phillip Tooth The Hard-Ridden Burnt-Down Over-Chromed and Finally Perfect Panhead The Patient Cleveland by Kris Palmer The Vincent in the Barn Intriguing Circumstances You’re Only Crazy Once The Italian Motorcycle Merchant Black Shadows of Saigon by Lee Klancher The Indian Chronicles The Super Supercharged Vincent Strange Journeys The American Dream The Wild Goose Chase by Steve Rossi Snowbound Deals Down Under The Finest Wine by Ed Bauer Passion Plays Bikes, Booze, and Broads Follow Your Nose The Madman of Marin County by Somer Hooker The Million-Mile Harley Same Bike, Different Basement by Zack Miller The Beeza in the Bedroom by Ken Gross Birth Year Beauties by Larry Edsal Horse Trading The Time Machine Speed Freaks Italian, Sequential and Flat Out The Hillclimber Chronicles The Race Engine in the Trailer House The Curious Tale of the Beauty and the Beast by Ken Gross The $200 Puzzle A Beast of a Harley Rare Birds The Curtiss Parallax The $50 Ariel Hunting for the Barber The First Black Shadow The Hyper Terrestrial Hopper Star Power Winnie’s James The Lawrence of Arabia Death Brough by Paul Duchene Leno's Black Shadow by Ken Gross Acknowledgments Dedication To my nephew Ian, who is battling Lyme disease. A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to the cure of this illness.
