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In the 50 years since he won the Bemsee 500cc championship – the premier club championship of the time – Dave Street has done many things… This talented racer would own a bike shop, become a race school instructor, an advertising rep for Motor Cycle News, become a London fireman, a bike breaker and film and TV ‘extra’, all while keeping his love of bikes alive.
Dave was living in the flat above Oasis Motorcycles when Tom Kirby informed him that he was ready to sell up. So Street took over the hallowed Kirby premises, a convenient move because of impending demolition of the Oasis premises. “I had always remained good friends with Tom Kirby and when he decided to retire and sell his shop he came to me. It was a financial stretch, but it paid off,” says Dave. “Tom had become very disillusioned with the
