Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Saints be praised!

It’s not the most normal ‘extra’ given away free with a bike, but Dave Brooking took it anyways.

Y’see, he bought this rather tidy 1997 Honda CBR1000F from a man of the cloth, and – rather than nab any spares or end cans or the like, Dave received something a little bit more spiritual, rather than ‘actual’. But let’s start at the very beginning…

Dave has been in a few times. He’s a former racer (tricked-up Yamaha TRX850 in Sound of Thunder in the 1990s) he’s (still)

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