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The big bang

Back in the 1980s tuning was so very tame compared to what it has evolved into today, but the advantage was... you didn't get left too far behind when out on the road. There were a few going down the ‘Stage 6’ route, but that often meant six stages of bump starting or pushing the thing home! If you could get your scooter up to the magical speed of 60mph, then you were fine. It was those who couldn’t that had the problem, getting left behind on the club ride out every weekend.

So what could be done to reach the

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