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WE GET EMAILS EVERY now and again from readers asking the question, “why do motorcycles cost so much?”. I thought I’d address this for everyone, rather than continue with the usual email reply.

In relative terms, motorcycles are quite well-priced when you think about it. Remember back almost twenty years ago? That 1000cc sports bike

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