Classic Bike Guide

Talent will out…

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The cat runs away in disgust, appalled at the singing. Maybe. She may of course be a spy from the Ability Police, who check up on hapless unintentional destroyers of priceless classic machinery and inflict dire unspecified punishments.

WHEN ASKED FOR advice – stop laughing at once, it happens remarkably often – I always suggest sticking to a single rebuild project at a time. It’s far too easy to become doubly discouraged, to confuse parts and to throw two machines into the canal of frustration instead of one. Which is more expensive, of course. There is little logic

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