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SPIT AND POLISH

LOCATED in rural Wisconsin, Retrospeed is a bespoke motorcycle workshop focused on restoring and repairing vintage Japanese and European motorcycles. It’s good at it too, with its restos being accepted for the prestigious Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance and earning several covers on US classic magazines.

Owner Brady Ingelse established his business in 2006 by welcoming projects and repairs that other motorcycle workshops shied away from, a policy that holds true today. Retrospeed is one of the few shops left that

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