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    Colin seeley

    Feb 05, 2020 4 minutes

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    REPRODUCED FROM SEPTEMBER 2011 ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE

    WE CAUGHT UP WITH COLIN SEELEYJUST AS HE WAS ABOUT TO HEAD FOR MALLORY PARK AND THE FESTIVAL OF 1000 BIKES, WHERE HE WAS TO PERFORM SOME DEMONSTRATION LAPS ON AN EX-DIETER BUSCH SIDECAR OUTFIT.

    How did you get involved in motorcycling?

    I was determined to ride for as long as I can remember. I went to watch at Brands Hatch when it was first surfaced in 1950 and ridden the opposite way round. It was always the sidecars that impressed me. I remember Eric Oliver with his Norton but particularly

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