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[[Image:Falcon_motorcycles_logo-2.jpg|right|thumb|Falcon motorcycles logo]]<br style="clear: left"/> '''Falcon Motorcycles''' was founded by underground motorcycle builder Ian Barry<ref name="IAN">[http://www.ianbarry.info Ian Barry]</ref> and his British born fiancée Amaryllis Knight, daughter of former editor of The Economist magazine Andrew Knight<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=1053827 Forbes Magazine]</ref> and Indian Architect Sabiha Rumani Malik.<ref>[http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=%22Conde+Nast%22&id=071213000180&ct=0 Financial Times]</ref> | |||
The company specializes in building post-war British bikes from the 1950s and 1960s, predominantly one-of-a-kind [[Triumph Motorcycles|Triumphs]] and [[Norton]]s.<ref name="IAN"/> Ian Barry's distinctive Falcon motorcycles quickly attracted a cult following among his small but devoted group of high profile clientele, including Queens of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and actors Giovanni Ribisi and Jason Lee.<ref>[http://southlandtopology.com/?p=40 Southland Topology]</ref> | |||
Falcon Motorcycles shares a percentage of its annual profit with Riders for Health. "In a land where roads are often busted, rutted or simply nonexistent, nothing beats a bike for getting medicine to the people and people to the hospital. And nothing beats Riders for Health for seeing to it that that job gets done." Time Magazine<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1124308,00.html]</ref> | |||
Falcon Motorcycles shares a percentage of its annual profit with | |||
Falcon Motorcycles is located in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.falconmotorcycles.com Falcon Motorcycles Official Website] | *[http://www.falconmotorcycles.com Falcon Motorcycles Official Website] | ||
[[Category:Motorcycle manufacturers]] | |||
[[Category:English motorcycles]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:32, 18 July 2010
Falcon Motorcycles was founded by underground motorcycle builder Ian Barry[1] and his British born fiancée Amaryllis Knight, daughter of former editor of The Economist magazine Andrew Knight[2] and Indian Architect Sabiha Rumani Malik.[3]
The company specializes in building post-war British bikes from the 1950s and 1960s, predominantly one-of-a-kind Triumphs and Nortons.[1] Ian Barry's distinctive Falcon motorcycles quickly attracted a cult following among his small but devoted group of high profile clientele, including Queens of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, and actors Giovanni Ribisi and Jason Lee.[4]
Falcon Motorcycles shares a percentage of its annual profit with Riders for Health. "In a land where roads are often busted, rutted or simply nonexistent, nothing beats a bike for getting medicine to the people and people to the hospital. And nothing beats Riders for Health for seeing to it that that job gets done." Time Magazine[5]
Falcon Motorcycles is located in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California.