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  • From shed-find moped to classic bikes: Pete Chatburn’s motorcycling story

    From shed-find moped to classic bikes: Pete Chatburn’s motorcycling story

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    18 August 2026

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    Mark Lancaster

    Pete Chatburn tells us about his start in motorcycling (and that’s how he titled his letter – we’re not being rude!) and wonders whether might be buried treasure on a local airfield. It all started for me in 1965 when I found my Granpa’s abandoned 1959 Raleigh RM1C moped in the shed behind his tailor’s…


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