Older, but no wiser

I did have something more soulful to blog about, but being less tangible it's been proving hard to get to grips with. So, since I've been rather motorcycle-obsessed lately, and Stu reminded me of one the most awesome motorcycles of all time, I went hunting in the old photo albums.

I thought at the time that this was a Vincent Black Shadow, but it may be a Rapide; I believe the Black Shadows had black painted engine casings. The photo dates from 1988 - taken on a 110 camera, albeit a Pentax, so the resolution isn't wonderful - and the bike is probably from the 1950s. Engineering way ahead of its time...