Robb Report
"A sonata in shades of ebony, one contemplates the Bösendorfer-like sheen of the Falcon's forms and surfaces. The motorcycle acquires dimensions that supersede its intrinsic nature. It can be seen as musical instrument, kinetic sculpture,
objet d'art, or simply - the ultimate toy."
Wallpaper* magazine
"Good design is no longer just about form and function - both of which must be a given - it is also about an object's story, craftsmanship and, in an increasingly corporate and homogenous world, its individuality. The work of Falcon Motorcycles ticks all these boxes. And that is no mean feat today."
Forbes Magazine
"Each Falcon Motorcycle will be worthy of a place in the garage of a collector, as well as in The Museum of Design and Technology. "
Playboy Magazine
"A work of artisan isn't any less a work of art just because it has an engine in it: Ian Barry re-crates vintage British motorcycles by salvaging and recrafting frames and engines and adding pieces forged from scratch. And yes, they're street legal. Big Daddy would be proud"
Popular Mechanics
"The World's Most Beautiful Motorcycle? The technical details are numerous and beautifully integrated and can easily be overlooked—and that takes truly seamless design."
GQ magazine
"For award-winning Californian motorcycle designer Ian Barry, old bikes don't die... they just provide him with the raw materials to customize two-wheeled icons."
Cycle World
"What ultimately proves intoxicating about the Kestrel is the tension between its succinct normalcy, its sweet wholeness, against the evidence of a mindbending volume of time spent on the details. Every part has been thought about, redesigned and fabricated by Falcon, and it shows. And there are the simply luxurious details, which mark it's designer as a man of tremendous artistic talent, as well as one clever bastard."
Nylon Magazine, Men
"Few motorcycles in recent history have had the singular impact of the Bullet."
Intersection
"One way to think of Falcon motorcycles is as if they were concept bikes from the era — as if you time-traveled to the Secret Workshop of a British motorcycle manufacturer in 1949, and they were building a one-off prototype for Sherlock Holmes or Nick Fury. These are what the bikes would look like if they could be fitted with every perfect nuance and fine-toothed detail. If every imaginative whim could be fulfilled: singular pieces forged from scratch and sculpted to form, rare parts collected from far-flung distant lands, hand-stitched saddlebags and leather upholstery. Vehicular bad-assery."
Josh Homme, Them Crooked Vultures/ Queens Of The Stone Age
"Falcon Motorcycles are visually elegant, and timeless, and thankfully, built with modern mechanical finesse. Which is nice for me because I don't like Fringe, Bling or uneccessary chaps. So basically... it's absolute class... roaring under your ass."
The Robb Report
"Ian Barry, cofounder of Falcon Motorcycles, has an artistic vision that goes far deeper than the motorbikes his company creates. Barry spends up to 3,000 hours redesigning the bikes from the ground up, performing all the fabrication in-house. He is so dedicated to creating the perfect motorcycle that he even designs and builds many of the tools that are used to construct each bike."
Cycle World
"I rode the Kestrel, and it’s clear Barry got the formula right, as the bike feels tiny and agile yet totally solid around bends and over bumps. No waggle, no weave, no headshake, it feels exactly like a pedigreed vintage racer. Plus, it’s very quick with its 750cc engine and 340-pound weight, and the engine runs through the rev range oh-so-smoothly. Shifting is seamless, and braking about as good as it gets with a twin-leadingshoe Triumph backing plate. The sound from that two-into-one open megaphone is a deep and menacing growl. The Kestrel has a rare purity and depth in both aesthetic and functional execution. It is a machine artfully informed by history and exquisitely crafted in modern times, using a mixture of time-honored, by-hand work and modern CNC machining."
Garage magazine
"As soon as we laid eyes on the bike and it's builder, we knew we had something special on our hands. Ian brings a thoughtful approach to his bikes that will guarantee each one a place in history."
Esquire magazine
""In the heartland of pimped rides and cosmetic chop shops, Barry, 35, has raised the bar for bike aesthetics and further blurred the lines dividing mechanics and art; He is breathing new life into the business of custom motorcycle construction."
