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Before legends were made…

Heroes come in many guises, and we often don’t know the significance of people we’re lucky enough to be involved with when we’re young, impressionable but not easily overawed. The main dealers in our area were all motorbike salesmen or, in one case, a pushbike salesman, who had expanded into scooters to take advantage of ‘the current craze’. They didn’t really understand what they were selling or how the machines worked. Luckily, those of my little group that rode Vespas got to know a Scotsman who sold Vespa parts out of

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