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    RED HUNTER REBORN

    May 04, 2019 4 minutes
    Photos by Pete

    Some experiences stay with you for the rest of your life. Falling in love for the first time, watching your first football match, or seeing the bike that you will always want to own: you can sort the order to suit your own preferences. This happened to Pete when he was 17. At that time he was riding a Villiers 2T-engined Greeves which cost him the princely sum of £40. Pete and a pal took a riding holiday in Scotland, the friend riding an Ariel NH350 Red Hunter which had been even cheaper at £15!

    The adventurous young pair completed some 600 miles inside a week. Although the Greeves seemed to struggle somewhat on the hills,

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