Interview: Ian Barry

Ian Barry runs Falcon Motorcycles with his partner Amaryllis Knight. He's the builder of the Bullet and the Kestrel, the first in a series of ten custom British motorcycles. At the moment he's working on the Black Falcon, based on a Vincent Black Shadow. What was the first motorcycle you bought with your own money? This was my first bike and while technically not a motorcycle, it was my first exhilarating encounter with raw, steep, driveway speed—I think it even had a little handbrake for a dramatic, melted plastic, lockup finish at the end. My little brother Holland had mastered...