Is Langen’s Lightspeed the ultimate British bike?

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Britain was once home to the motorcycle. From the early 20th century through to the 1960s, a number of pioneering names helped the UK dominate the global industry. BSA made its own in Birmingham, in the same factory it made its rifles; Brough Superior hand-built its bikes in Nottingham; Royal Enfield had its factory in Redditch. Triumph and Norton were made in Coventry…