Classic Bike Guide

STEVE COOPER

“As the saying goes – every day is a school day…but only if you have the ability to shut up occasionally and listen to others!”

MANY WHO ARE LONG-TIME PLAYERS IN THE arcane world of classic motorcycles tend to absorb information and data. It’s something we do and is, arguably, almost unavoidable; random facts become absorbed almost by osmosis as the years tick over.

Inevitably those thus blessed (or is that cursed?) become founts of knowledge and frequently end up as the go-to

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