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This month’s Star Letter wins

... an S100 motorcycle care bundle worth £100. Launched in 1980, S100 has become Germany’s number-one motorcycle care brand, collecting well over 100 awards along the way. We are giving away a selection of its most popular cleaning products for your bike, helmet and riding kit. Find out more at www.thekeycollection.co.uk

‘If you run British bikes, you need to be hands-on’

I avidly look forward to reading CBG’s In The Workshop section each month. It continues to be a great inspiration and education as I constantly hone my skills base.

To this end, after many years of thinking about it, last year I eventually took the plunge and bought a lathe. After debating new Chinese versus traditional British, I plumped for a 1977 Boxford AUD lathe (of course, I

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