Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Garry Taylor – an amazing bloke

In the bad old days I spent considerable lumps of time trying to convince the suits at Suzuki GB that it might be beneficial to their operation if I received a bit of assistance, either parts or money would be nice.

This would then justify me spending even more cash (that I definitely didn’t have) on a couple of hungry drag bikes. The response was generally along the lines of: ‘Drag Racing? Huh?’ In the interim I was passed over to

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