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    A Shaw thing!

    Apr 13, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS AND PICS: BERTIE SIMMONDS

    “Let me see. I have a GT750, a Z650, I’ve got an air-cooled RD350 along with a RD350 special being built with a Nico Bakker TZ frame. The engine needs a complete rebuild in that one. That bike has an Aprilia RS rear end and RS250 Aprilia forks – Aprilia wheels, too. The VFR tank on that looks like it was meant for it. I guess I’ve got around 17 bikes, nearly all two-strokes.”

    Welcome to the world of Malc Shaw. A former nurse, now a self-taught specials builder and lover of classic bikes (ok, nearly all two-strokes, but the Fazer 1000 is four-stroke and modern. “It gets me to Spain and France in comfort,” says Malc.)

    While Malc carries on

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