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LITTLE RED ROOSTER

IF THERE is one theme common to most modern styles of custom bikes – be they bobbers, café racers, streetfighters or trackers – it is that less is more. Complexity sucks, simplicity rules. Remove all the unnecessary stuff to unleash the beauty hidden within.

For Liam Butler of Newcastle NSW workshop Butler’s Customs and Café Racers, it’s a mantra that guides everything he does, and it works especially well on this recently completed 1982

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