Godden Weslake

There’s an unwritten rule that Bike EXIF does not feature bikes shot against a garage door. But this is one of the rare cases when I’m prepared to break that rule. This Colorado-based bike is a masterpiece of minimalist race bike design, and it popped up three days ago in one of my daily must-reads, the addictive Bring A Trailer email. It’s a speedway motorcycle, from a time when the sport was absolutely huge in Europe. And it was a dangerous sport: bikes like these will hit 60mph (100kph) in less than three seconds and have no brakes or gears....