This guy is a little less colorful, and certainly finds the Vincent less abusive than Hunter Thompson did.
Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (1973):
— Read the restBut first things first. We were talking about motorcycles. Jackson and I were out there in Ventura fucking around with a 750 Honda and an experimental prototype of the new Vincent — a 1000-cc brute that proved to be so awesomely fast that I didn't even have time to get scared of it before I found myself coming up on a highway stoplight at ninety miles an hour and then skidding halfway through the intersection with both wheel-brakes locked.