The Classic MotorCycle

A brief chat with... Paul Goff

Such is the case with Paul Goff, riding to his local bike club one dark evening he realised there was a queue of cars tailing behind him as he peered into the gloom ahead. “Normally it was me stuck behind the cars,” he says, “but the weather was terrible and my headlight not exactly brilliant, something had to be done.” Paul remembered seeing an advert for quartz halogen bulbs to fit British headlamps but couldn’t find the advertiser. “I did find an Indian company who would happily make me the bulbs in 6V or 12V with a range of Watts too… as long as I

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