(Not Quite) Ollie's ODDJOBS

While Ollie takes an almost deserved break, we encounter Andrew Rae and his Eastern European refugee…

Rowena Hoseason

Meet longtime real classic enthusiast Andrew Rae. Just real classic? Not RealClassic? Yep, Andrew isa fan of many mysterious motorcycles, almost all of them old, almost all of them described by several sincere chaps as being classic. Every time I refer to one of his bikes as a classic, Andrew folds up with infectious laughter. Then we both need to sit down and consume medicinal cake. He rides a 50cc East German moped. For fun. He claims to enjoy the experience. This is indeed mysterious, at least to me. We share a certain one-downmanship, Andrew and I. I roll up for lunch aboard a giant American behemoth: he appears aboard an MZ. He wins the invisible contest. I appear aboard a faintly feeble modern(ish) Triumph: he appears riding this, or…

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Real Classic (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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