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    Olliés ODDJOBS

    Nov 30, 2019 4 minutes

    Strolling around the car park at El i's Rose and Crown on a summer Wednesday evening is always an entertaining and edifying experience. You get all sorts down there. A diesel-powered Suzuki GSX250, for instance. A chopped Zl 300 with a VW Beetle engine, a flat-tracked Panther and a Laverda Jota lowrider are regular visitors. As a result of all this infinite variety, a bike must be quite something to make you do a double-take.

    One Wednesday, while munching on a cheese and onion roll and supping on a Reel Ale shandy, I glanced at a rather nice-looking Manx Norton which hoved into view. Except ... Hang on a minute . Are we sure that's a Manx Norton? I know what it says on

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