If You Are Not Into Motorcycles,

this one looks like any other,

 but for Me it looks so nice, manly because it is modelled on one of My favourite motorcycles, a, HRD/Vincent 998cc Rapide/Black Shadow,

 the bike is a special built by Greg Hageman, head of Hageman Motorcycles in Iowa, and is a Vincent-inspired 1981 Yamaha XV920,

 ‘A good customer of mine sent me a clean 81 XV920 chain drive along with a XS-1 front wheel,’ Greg says. ‘He told me to build the bike and however you want, when you want.’ Greg and the team went to work, first up was the tank, which is a reproduction Vincent model, the tunnel was cut out of a standard Virago gas tank and mated to the aftermarket unit to ensure it fitted snugly on top of the frame, at the rear of the bike, the rear section of the frame was removed and replaced with tubing. ‘It gives it a much lighter look,’ Greg says, ‘and it’s lighter – and just as strong’,

 engine-wise there aren’t any radical modifications, with the 920 having an excellent reputation for reliability. with one exception – the god-awful clacking noise produced by the starter when cranking the bike over, everything on the left hand side of the engine has been upgraded to second generation Yamaha Virago parts to remove this shudder-inducing racket, the bike was also fitted with VM34’s that run velocity stacks and a two into one stainless steel system, 

when it comes to electrics the bike runs a GPS unit as a speedo made by Utah-based Speedhut, for those of you who aren’t aware of them take a look – you’re able to pick and choose what functions and appearance you want and they’ll make it for you, this one comes an integrated tachometer, and sits behind a Bates reproduction headlight, it look so Vincent Black Shadow, what a fabulous motorcycle, would I like one? just pop it under the Christmas tree please! You can see more of Greg's work on His Facebook and Instagram pages,

and one from the scrape album, my old HRD,

and I have just found one more of it, Oh how I wish it was here with Me now!