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    MICK WALKER “He bought a scooter, and was satisfied with that, until a go on a friend’s motorcycle proved revelatory.”

    Sep 04, 2019 3 minutes

    There are people who’ve written a lot of books – and then there’s Mick Walker. The author of over 130 motorcycle-related tomes, his prodigious output was even more astounding when it’s taken into account he didn’t start writing until later in life.

    Born on November 30, 1942, in Wretton, Norfolk, Mick went to the local primary school, then on to Downham Market secondary modern. While at school, he was in the Air Training Corps, which fuelled a desire to join the Royal Air

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