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A HOT BMW…

RETROBIKE is the best collection of cool-looking machinery around. It’s fantasy material for someone who can’t even pull off a restoration without taking shortcuts or chucking practical into the mix. Like bunging a Mikuni on the Norton instead of dicing up Amals. Or the rubber fuel and oil lines on the ’42 Indian. Super practical and she runs beaut, but worlds away from the old coiled copper.

The problem is, well, me. I’ve spent a

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