Beautiful bike, The Bronze Cylinders are a bit too far away from the functional path for me but that has to be the only functional yet attractive seat I've ever seen on a vincent!!!!!!! So when do you start on a (my) Commando?
Beautiful bike as they all have been. The Vincent was a tricky one as it is so good before you start the work, so a very well done indeed. Art? for me all beautiful bikes with a story on how they got to be what they are Art and Science as one. As for the ''engineering chat'; if it works well, does what its meant to do, it is ergonomic or engineered - i.e. it sits well with itself and fits its purpose. Everything else it just a failed bit of fabrication no matter how well undertaken.
Falcon will shortly bust open the doors of the Academy, as the question 'When does a motorcycle become Art?' is alarm-bell loud with the Black. Super-expensive utilitarian objects typically rely on rare metal or gems to heap on 'value', but with the Black, the investment is more precious still: one year of 9 very talented people's lives, focused on a single motorcycle. This machine glows with the Life invested, and poring over the details is like falling in love - your eyes go 'ooh'.
Every time a new Falcon comes out I think, "Wow, Barry's hit his peak - what in blazes is he gonna do to follow this one up???" Then, another bike comes out and I'm left scratching my head, picking up all the details, bolts, lines, trying to wrap my mind around what I'm seeing. And then it hits me - and I see it not for all its litany of gorgeous touches and machinery, but as 1 singular machine... and I go "Wow, Barry's hit his peak - what in blazes is he gonna do to follow this one up???"
Ian is one of the most brilliant and talented people I've ever come across in my life. The bikes are pieces of art as well as motorcycles, and the care, consideration, and respect put into them, along with the hand form beauty is astounding. I've never seen anything like it.
Now I see the disconnect. I said nothing about standards. I have only mentioned engineering.
Holding tolerances to a micron has nothing to do with engineering, but only the calibration of your equipment, and the standards used to calibrate the equipment. Since you are very proud of being able to hold ±.0002, you must be having your equipment calibrated every 30 days or so.
This discussion is kind of like saying your bikes are restored, as many would use that term, albeit incorrectly.
@hakerkatz: You comment mentions SAE engineering, and SAE is all about standards. Suggesting that Falcon are simply modifiers misses the point on a number of levels. I've been an astronautical engineer for longer than Mr. Barry or his team have been alive, and the engineering visible on his machine in clearly visible, well thought out and executed.
I was not singling out this bike. I looked at your web page when it was posted at The Quail website. All of your rides are very nice "choppa" style rides. They will turn heads, as they have mine.
"Very little paint" you say. Yep, a definite minimalist bike, not many surfaces to paint. lol
SAE engineering of a vehicle defines many many things and uses tools that most of us modifiers do not use, nor do we have access to many of them.
@hakerkatz - We don't aim to comply with SAE governmental, aerospace, or automotive standards, unless we were Honda, Ducatti, Yamaha etc. this wouldn't be realistic. The fabrication of brakes, forks, swingarm, suspension, shocks, cylinders etc. takes engineering as well as design. We use state of the art equipment, including our 5 axis CNC accurate within 2/10th of a thousanth. Our tolerances with respect to Motorcycle Industry Standard are above spec and beyond tolerances of the original bikes.
@hakerkatz - not a piece of chrome on the bike, and very little paint. We designed and fabricated everything except the carbs, tires and engine in house, and when it comes to parts like front & rear brakes, forks, swingarm, suspension, shocks, cylinders etc. they definitely have to be engineered ;)
Really??? OCC can't come close to this!!! Too many reasons why that statement is wrong, go back to watching those hacks build overpriced crap and let the true Motorcycle lovers worry about what sets the trends that they rip off. Hopefully they'll go belly up this year, they deserve it.
I see the word "Engineered" used on every custom bike built on the internet. I wonder how much of this stuff is actually Engineered by Engineers? Design and implimentation is not Engineering without analytical scrutiny.
damn I'd kill to be as good of an engineer as Ian some day.. he never ceases to amaze me and is one of the very few to stand out here in LA let alone the world... if only he offered engineering internships at his shop.haha
True artists at work, to me they are in the same league as Rodin or Michelangelo, if these sculptors had lived in this era, they would have made something like that.
Brilliant,work of art.keep up the good work,keep these old engines alive.
iownmuch 2 weeks ago
Pure Automotive Pornography!
VonMaximo 3 weeks ago
Great job! subtle imaginative and respectful to the original motorcycle. NICE.
flyslideride 2 months ago
WOW!!!!! B
denvercor1969 2 months ago
Paulie Jr is better than this guy.His wheels actually looked like propellers.
vorhese 2 months ago
Great bike! almost feel like buying one! but i dont think my bank will agree on that atm. sadly
ramelsen 2 months ago
nice bike the adjustment are cool
joey1251000 3 months ago
Love this series - please, please keep up with this company. The videos are as well done and restrained as the bikes.
bredlo 4 months ago
i would say it is the greatest bike i have see and i build them sooooooo ya
MrMadkaw400 4 months ago
speachless... i believe that "amazing" isn't enough for this bike.
sailorgrillo 4 months ago
An amazing bike, i hope you get all the credit and rewards you deserve.
JMSBIS54 4 months ago
holly mother of god this bike is the shitz
teyacapan 4 months ago
my nut sacks hurt just looking at tht solo seat .
skippy05 6 months ago
Beautiful bike, The Bronze Cylinders are a bit too far away from the functional path for me but that has to be the only functional yet attractive seat I've ever seen on a vincent!!!!!!! So when do you start on a (my) Commando?
theroadbeckons 8 months ago
Beautiful bike as they all have been. The Vincent was a tricky one as it is so good before you start the work, so a very well done indeed. Art? for me all beautiful bikes with a story on how they got to be what they are Art and Science as one. As for the ''engineering chat'; if it works well, does what its meant to do, it is ergonomic or engineered - i.e. it sits well with itself and fits its purpose. Everything else it just a failed bit of fabrication no matter how well undertaken.
creativemediaprof 8 months ago 4
Falcon will shortly bust open the doors of the Academy, as the question 'When does a motorcycle become Art?' is alarm-bell loud with the Black. Super-expensive utilitarian objects typically rely on rare metal or gems to heap on 'value', but with the Black, the investment is more precious still: one year of 9 very talented people's lives, focused on a single motorcycle. This machine glows with the Life invested, and poring over the details is like falling in love - your eyes go 'ooh'.
vintagent1 9 months ago 73
I dig it.
Redmanfms 9 months ago 20
Every time a new Falcon comes out I think, "Wow, Barry's hit his peak - what in blazes is he gonna do to follow this one up???" Then, another bike comes out and I'm left scratching my head, picking up all the details, bolts, lines, trying to wrap my mind around what I'm seeing. And then it hits me - and I see it not for all its litany of gorgeous touches and machinery, but as 1 singular machine... and I go "Wow, Barry's hit his peak - what in blazes is he gonna do to follow this one up???"
nstecher 9 months ago 16
Ian is one of the most brilliant and talented people I've ever come across in my life. The bikes are pieces of art as well as motorcycles, and the care, consideration, and respect put into them, along with the hand form beauty is astounding. I've never seen anything like it.
TheMarkNeale 9 months ago 8
ourcityofangels stated, ".....the engineering visible on his machine in clearly visible....." [sic]
JzoJames stated, ".....2. a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance.....".
By that definition, I am in agreement. Nuf said?
JzoJames, you sent me definitions of "engineer", 1 to 4, but #3 was missing. ?
I believe we are all in agreement that these are works of a skilled individual.
BTW, I received my PhD in Physics before dirt was discovered. =!8^)
Ciao, GEO
hakerkatz 9 months ago
@hakerkatz definition 3. obsolete : a crafty schemer. Irrelevant to the point in question.
JzoJames 9 months ago
@hakerkatz: The perils of typing at midnight with eyes have closed.
ourcityofangels 9 months ago
Now I see the disconnect. I said nothing about standards. I have only mentioned engineering.
Holding tolerances to a micron has nothing to do with engineering, but only the calibration of your equipment, and the standards used to calibrate the equipment. Since you are very proud of being able to hold ±.0002, you must be having your equipment calibrated every 30 days or so.
This discussion is kind of like saying your bikes are restored, as many would use that term, albeit incorrectly.
Ciao, GEO
hakerkatz 9 months ago
@hakerkatz: You comment mentions SAE engineering, and SAE is all about standards. Suggesting that Falcon are simply modifiers misses the point on a number of levels. I've been an astronautical engineer for longer than Mr. Barry or his team have been alive, and the engineering visible on his machine in clearly visible, well thought out and executed.
ourcityofangels 9 months ago 4
@hakerkatz maybe mention of tolerances was response to your talk of tools that most "modifiers" don't use? Falcon clearly go beyond "modifiers".
Engineer: –noun
1. a person trained and skilled in the design, construction and use of engines or machines or in various branches of engineering
2. a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance
4. the art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of sciences in construction of engines, structures etc.
JzoJames 9 months ago
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renragged 9 months ago
Falcon,
I was not singling out this bike. I looked at your web page when it was posted at The Quail website. All of your rides are very nice "choppa" style rides. They will turn heads, as they have mine.
"Very little paint" you say. Yep, a definite minimalist bike, not many surfaces to paint. lol
SAE engineering of a vehicle defines many many things and uses tools that most of us modifiers do not use, nor do we have access to many of them.
Keep up the nice work. Ciao, GEO
hakerkatz 9 months ago
@hakerkatz - We don't aim to comply with SAE governmental, aerospace, or automotive standards, unless we were Honda, Ducatti, Yamaha etc. this wouldn't be realistic. The fabrication of brakes, forks, swingarm, suspension, shocks, cylinders etc. takes engineering as well as design. We use state of the art equipment, including our 5 axis CNC accurate within 2/10th of a thousanth. Our tolerances with respect to Motorcycle Industry Standard are above spec and beyond tolerances of the original bikes.
FalconMotorcycles 9 months ago
All his stuff is nicely painted, chromed and/or polished. Very little engineering though.
Engineering uses physics, math and empirical data to implement solutions from problem statements.
Yes, I'm an engineer. Ciao, GEO
hakerkatz 9 months ago
@hakerkatz - not a piece of chrome on the bike, and very little paint. We designed and fabricated everything except the carbs, tires and engine in house, and when it comes to parts like front & rear brakes, forks, swingarm, suspension, shocks, cylinders etc. they definitely have to be engineered ;)
FalconMotorcycles 9 months ago
Got nothing on OCC. Nice try, though.
glendoi 9 months ago
@glendoi
Really??? OCC can't come close to this!!! Too many reasons why that statement is wrong, go back to watching those hacks build overpriced crap and let the true Motorcycle lovers worry about what sets the trends that they rip off. Hopefully they'll go belly up this year, they deserve it.
ironheadd79 9 months ago
come on, fire it up!
modderfreak 9 months ago 3
Beautiful bike.
I see the word "Engineered" used on every custom bike built on the internet. I wonder how much of this stuff is actually Engineered by Engineers? Design and implimentation is not Engineering without analytical scrutiny.
My $0.02 and yes, i'm an Engineer....
mooneyass 9 months ago
That right there is a thing of rare beauty...
GrandmasterLix 9 months ago 11
damn I'd kill to be as good of an engineer as Ian some day.. he never ceases to amaze me and is one of the very few to stand out here in LA let alone the world... if only he offered engineering internships at his shop.haha
lucas138ETF 9 months ago 32
pure sex.
sunofnun 9 months ago
How can anyone do a video about such a bike without the sound of a running motor?
TheRofu 9 months ago
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ourcityofangels 9 months ago
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FalconMotorcycles 9 months ago
let's hear it!
Ecosse57 9 months ago 4
True artists at work, to me they are in the same league as Rodin or Michelangelo, if these sculptors had lived in this era, they would have made something like that.
jeandr 9 months ago 4
nice chick, too
maflicks 9 months ago 104
New Flacon "black" based on a Vincent Black Shadow. Purest's may cry foul. What do you think?
msmith5067 9 months ago
@msmith5067 The only ones who care what purists think are other purists.
Ghawdxi 9 months ago 6
brilliant!
LaurencioVieira 9 months ago
As if it was forged by Vulcan himself...
detroitironhead 9 months ago
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By far the best bike ever!
ifoundsoul 9 months ago
Simply the best bike on the planet! Soooo gorgeous :)
Seags 9 months ago
congratulations.
mattatmachine 9 months ago
Puts every other custom work on any bikes on a different level....it looks awsome to ride....
losrasta 9 months ago
Astonishing bike. It is hard to say anything about it.
copiloto 9 months ago 3
Man Absolutely Awsome!!
losrasta 9 months ago 2
Amazing. Hands down the best bike I've ever seen. Puts my cafe build to shame.
vipierson 9 months ago
speechless.
Ecosse57 9 months ago 2
stunning. such an amazing bike, as soon as I win lotto I'm calling you guys!
jaschollum 9 months ago 2