The Vincent in the Barn: Great Stories of Motorcycle Archaeology by Tom Cotter |
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| Thursday, 18 February 2010 17:21 | ||||
 As the author Tom Cotter quite rightly says, it's every motorcyclist's dream to find an old bike that’s been sitting in a garage for years, totally original and unmolested. The ultimate find of course being a famous race bike with a string of history and race records attached to its name!For a lucky few this is not how it ends and in this collection of forty instances shows that some dreams really do come true. From Ducati’s in basements to Vincent’s abandoned in sheds, Harley’s in barns to Brit bikes mouldering behind urban garages, not to mention a full set of Indian racers in one shed, these are true stories. This hardback splits over 250 pages into seven chapters where the same theme of machine discovery prevails. Then each finder, or in some cases journalist, tells the tale of discovery. In every case though you just can’t help thinking why does it not happen to me? What do I do wrong? Personally I think this book should come with a health warning as it just gets your blood pressure rising when you think what might have been when you lifted the cover on what turned out to be a moped!. In all seriousness though, it is a good read and will give you hope that one day it might happen to you. If it never does, at least you have had a good few hour’s entertainment from this excellent work for a modest £15.99. ISBN-13: 978 0 7603 3535 2 Available from all good bookshops. Review by Ian Kerr
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