Meet the man with the world's largest collection of vintage Vincent motorcycles

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Meet the man with the world's largest collection of vintage Vincent motorcycles
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Ian Boyd’s home has an interesting, stand-out feature: a purpose-built showroom stacked with dozens of highly prized, collectable motorcycles.

Others hitch up the caravan and go travelling.He now has the world's largest collection of the highly desirable Vincent motorcycles, proudly displayed in a custom-built showroom at his Jurien Bay home.

"It's a passion and a hobby, and halfway into doing it I realised that lots of people love to come and look at old bikes." Mr Boyd credits former Vincent apprentice David Bowen with keeping his dream alive in the early days when he used his expertise to restore several machines that were the first in the collection.The 1951 Vincent Black Lightning was purchased by Tasmanian businessman Peter Bender for $1.2m at auction in 2018.

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