Discovering a tidy collection of the world’s most exclusive motorcycles.  | | Two titanic 1948 Vincents: the Series B Rapide (above) raced by Marty Dickerson and owned by him until 2000, and John Edgar's Series B Lightning (below), made famous by racer Rollie Free when he set a speed record at over 150 mph. |  |
When I received a call from Herb Harris inviting me to visit him at his home in Austin, Texas, I had to wonder if I was hearing things. After all, it had never really occurred to me that someone, somewhere, might have the tenacity and wherewithal to acquire every significant example of motorcycling’s two-wheeled Holy Grail.
In all fields of creative endeavor there exist benchmarks to which other makes and breeds aspire. Standing alongside Rolls-Royce (of yore), d’Yquem, and Patek Philippe is Vincent, one-time maker of the world’s most exclusive—and elusive—motorcycles. And Harris likes them a lot.
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