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THE GREEN HORNET

“THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN RIDING A SMALL BIKE FAST”

CLASSIC air-cooled small-capacity multis provide big bangs for modest bucks. Easy on the wallet and even easier to ride, they often handle better than their grown-up siblings while still delivering smooth performance and that rip-snorting exhaust howl when you give one the berries.

Tom Gilroy of Purpose Built Moto on the Gold Coast is a fan. “I don’t care who you are, if you can’t see the appeal of a classic four-cylinder Honda, I’d almost postulate you may not have a heartbeat,” he says. As for why you’d go for a good little one over

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