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BUSH TRACKERS

TONY Bianco has owned more than 125 bikes over the past 50 years, including many iconic models like OHC Velocettes, Vincents and even a Brough Superior, as well as many Japanese bikes. He is a prolific custom bike builder in many styles, and does it pretty much all by himself in a modest but very well-equipped home workshop high in the New England tablelands.

His day job as an aircraft engineer also helps, particularly when it comes to accessing specialist machinery and tools, and high-tensile metals. “If you are fanatical about motorcycles,” he says, “it’s the right

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