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We all know that full face helmets are useful in a number of ways. Not only can they expose ones sculptural features to full view of the peeps on the side of the road as your growl past them, V-Twin burbling in a macho manner \u2013 but they can give a sense of rebellious derring-do.<\/p>\n

Stylistic statements aside, we’re wondering whether the urge to look sexy is worth risking a full-on facial injury for. We know how the folk at Ruby feel.<\/p>\n

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Coming straight out of the 16th\u00a0<\/em>arrondissement<\/i>\u00a0rather than the badlands of New Mexico, Les Ateliers Ruby are purveyors of supremely refined bespoke helmets, scarves and other paraphernalia that tap into a strange European ‘cooling’ of things essentially American and greaser. The website is worthing checking out, just for the soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Somewhere in the fashion world a residual ache for the inherent cool of motorcycles glows. Ruby offer a complete personalisation service. You can order your very own design rendered in beautiful carbon fibre, leather lined magnificence. You just need the Vincent. Problem is, to quote Hunter S Thompson the late, great godfather of Gonzo<\/a>, if you met the nicest people on a Honda, on Vincent Black Shadows you met nutters.<\/p>\n

“That is the attitude of the New Age superbike freak, and I am one of them. On some days they are about the most fun you can have with your clothes on. The Vincent just killed you a lot faster than a superbike will. A fool couldn’t ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, and it will always be bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will carve, “IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.”<\/p>\n

And therein lies the rub. The worlds of fashion and trend are far removed from the thigh burning, greasy reality of owning a classically brutal bike. That’s why, we suppose, hi tech superbikes make perfect sense. But gimme a 1952 Vincent any day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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