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    V4 Victory!

    Dec 17, 2018 5 minutes
    WORDS AND PHOTOS: JOHN DIGBY

    Those of you with long memories should remember John Digby and his brace of Honda VFR400 NC24s…

    John is a former two-stroke addict and former racer and off-road rider. His engineering background is impressive, having worked in the Formula One/ motorsport arena for almost 40 years, with teams such as Brabham, Honda and Red Bull, mainly in research and development.

    Around three years ago (and with the fullest blessing from the missus) he got back into motorcycling, but would it be a two-stroke? He says: “I really wanted another NSR400, which is a bike I had back in the day, but I soon realised that they are incredibly rare and very expensive. I decided instead to break with my tradition and consider a four-stroke. The

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