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Unfortunately, during the initial development of the project he had always promised himself, Mick endured some extremely difficult personal circumstances. "I'd acquired the frame and 4 the engine and started the build; I was self-employed at the time and money wasn't exactly free flowing, but I wasn't in a rush. Two years later my first daughter, Ashleigh, was born and money, project and 1988 at Scarborough Mick saw the Lambretta chopper , like Jack's , the scooter caught my ill lacked the  passed and hundreds of scooters literally passed me by; my love for choppers never waned, but in light of my personal circumstances I still couldn't bring myself to start to build another chopper."

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