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    BAD BRUNO!

    Jan 18, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS AND PICS: JEFF WARE

    G’day! When I was 17, on my provisional licence here in Australia, one of the blokes in the riding group that I had latched on to rode a mint 1984 Suzuki RG250 HB Replica…

    I have really good memories of that bike. I only rode with the owner for the one summer, 1992/1993, the end of high school and the start of my motorcycle mechanic apprenticeship. I had my TZR250 and we would meet up with Helmut (the late mate that owned my RG500) and other friends and ride the ‘Old Road’, which is a famous road on the outskirts of Sydney.

    Bob’s RG had ‘stinger’ mufflers on it but

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