“Keep it under five grand,” says brother Bill Ross – or at least I think so. The basso-fundo pounding in my ears dominates everything. “There’s might be 100 miles on this engine, or less,” says the tuner who built and rode Mandello’s fastest Meteror. Out in the open, over 1100cc’s of instant, overwhelming Guzzi thrust sends the tacho flying past its mark, chewing through the tall geared, close-ratio gearbox and rightously, almost religously, blurring the scenery. Being tasked with the words to describe the quickest Moto Guzzi I’ve ridden might be more difficult than listing the sum of its componentry – and that’s saying something. This, ladies and gentleman is Black Flash, and its story is littered with glory.