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G'DAY

IF THERE are two common threads to my lifelong obsession with motorcycles, they are Nortons and Ducatis. Ever since 1978 when I upgraded to my first Commando, and 1982 when I bought my first 900SS, there’s almost always been one or the other in the shed with my name

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