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HUSTLE & BUSTLE

BRISBANE-based marine engineer Damian has a thing for small-capacity two-stroke Suzukis and it has been thus since the dawn of his motorcycling life. “I got my first bike when I was 18, a Suzuki GT250,” Damian says. “I was still living at my olds at the time and just turned up with it one day. I remember my father holding Mum back as she was trying to attack it with a hammer. She was not a fan of bikes.”

“I REMEMBER DAD HOLDING MUM BACK AS SHE

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