I have been biking from the mid 1970s and for the last forty years running around on various Italian V twins of the Moto Guzzi variety which since I have acquired them are now considered classics. My journey into British kicked off in the BSA camp. Having read Phillip Vincent's autobiography it is clear he was critical of several British makes of the period including BSA and wanted to manufacture something that was completely unique so I started to look into what the Vincent phenomenon was all about and picked up a Shadow on my travels. A truly astonishing machine both in handling and performance and what a stunner to look at. The purchase of a Vincent has made my career in motorcycles complete.