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TERRY DOBNEY

I first met Terry Dobney in 1993: we had a lengthy discussion about the ancient BSA motorbike that he was sitting on outside the pub in Avebury. Born in 1948, Terry grew up in the military town of Aldershot, with parents who had both served in the war. Motorcycles were the great passion of his youth, as he progressed from Teddy Boy, to Rocker, to Hell’s Angel. As a 16-year-old engineering apprentice he had a near-fatal motorbike accident; he later joined the Army but was soon discharged because of his prior injuries.

Terry worked with motorcycles throughout his professional life. In the early 1980s he was an ambassador for the Russian

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