Both of the vintage motorcycles in this image are seriously raising our interest today, that bike in the back looks like it might be the coolest motorcycle of all time and the sheer absurdity of that bike in the foreground must be hiding a tale or two.
I’m going to venture a guess that the bike in the back is a modified Vincent Black Lightning, however I expect to be thoroughly schooled by people who know more than I do in the comments below!
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