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RISING SUN

Two recurring themes in the old bike press catch the eye: ‘What constitutes a classic?’ and ‘How do we attract new and younger riders into the fold?’ The 1976 Honda CL360 and its present pilot address these questions. Those folk who subscribe to the view that if it’s a Jap then it’s not a classic had best look away now…

The story starts with our small fleet of British, fully paid-up classics, all of which lie outside the purview of an A2 licence. My son Michael, recent recipient of such (and boy, are they harder to get than when I

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