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ICONIC METAL #41 1964 MOTO MORINI 250

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The first round of the 1963 Grand Prix season was at Montjuic Park, Spain, a twisty 2.35-mile street circuit.

Imagine you’re a Honda team member warming up Jim Redman’s four-cylinder 250 Honda.Your team had an amazing 1962 season, winning the 125, 250 and 350 World Championships, Redman winning the latter two classes.Your attention is drawn to a bike with a ‘wum-bah, wum-bah’ exhaust note, a single cylinder four-stroke on a grid of multi-cylinder two and four-stroke machines!The gas tank is like an Italian sculpture, the engine looks like it’s from

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