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JUNKYARD CLASSIC

LIFELONG motorcycle tragic Barry Nolan from the Gold Coast has broader tastes than most, starting with a CT110 postie decades ago. “I haven’t owned a car in 25 years,” he says. His scrapbook of memories includes everything from a BMW K100 RT tourer to a self-built Honda CJ250T café racer and a race-spec BMW S1000RR. This is his first Suzuki.

“I was asked if I would remove a bike from a friend of a friend’s driveway just around the corner from mine, about three years ago,” he says. “I had seen it there for years and thought it was a ZZR250. I was told they wanted it gone and that

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