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    VANGUARD

    Jan 11, 2017 3 minutes
    WORDS GEOFF SEDDON PHOTOGRAPHY VANGUARD
    “STANCE IS ALWAYS THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO GET RIGHT”

    THIS build is as unlikely as it is possible to imagine. Commissioned by a Dutch clothing brand, designed by an ex-pat German in Switzerland and built in downtown Amsterdam, the Vanguard V8 Racer immediately evokes the style of the legendary 1955 Moto Guzzi 500cc V8 GP racer. But rather than basing it on a lithe sportster, they went for the portliest model in the Moto Guzzi catalogue, a monster 1400cc Eldorado tourer! Yet somehow

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