The Classic MotorCycle

I. lhe NMM's SeriesARapide

What can I say? It's perhaps an obvious choice, having this machine at my number one, but for as long as I can remember, I was captivated by the famous picture of Ginger Wood on the Series A Vincent- HRD V-twin Rapide racer at Dorrington Park, shown facing; it was effectively a lifelong ambition to ride it.

The chances of the likes of me owning such a machine are long gone, which is just how it is. That's the case for the vast majority ofus, while I know I'm fortunate to

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