Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Things are more like they are today than they ever were...

Ever since the final days of the Cretaceous period people have been asking me to build engines for them, one such pal has exceptional vision and ability: he can make stuff that leaves me lost for words.

I’ve built V12 Jaguar motors and even a 1913 Standard nine horsepower, complete with white metal crank bearings and a chain-driven magneto. Jim, for it is he, had no particular reason to visit, but, as friends often do, he just dropped in for

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