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Island treasures

These two machines were caught on camera during holidays on islands in the Eastern and Western Mediterranean. The BMW single was found in a street known as Kidonias adjoining the bus station at Chania on Crete in October 2017 and the Dnepr was found in Palma on Mallorca in May 2018. I think the BMW was parked very near to a motorbike repair establishment and the Dnepr was located just across from Comtat Del Rossello. I don’t know what model, era and specification either of these two are, but perhaps the readership of can identify them, care of your letters column?

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