Our favourite youngster gets back in amongst it with a ‘surprise’ Christmas gift that kept on giving…
Before we let Jack talk about his latest restoration, it’s worth saying that we are big fans of the lad.
After all, with our magazine, the average age of the reader must be up in the 50s, at the very least – and yet here’s a 16-year-old getting in among it with restorations. Jack, we salute you! So, tell us about this build…
Hello to fellow CMM readers! This is my 1976 Honda XR75. I was told about this cute little bike through a friend of ours at a motocross meeting and it got me thinking that I might like to take on another restoration! I mentioned it to my dad and he looked at the pictures and didn’t seem too keen. So, I didn’t think any more about it as it was getting close to Christmas at the end of 2017…
But you know what dads are like eh? Unbeknownst to me dad had contacted the bloke and arranged to go and have a little look but the only time that suited them both as it was Christmas Eve… Anyway I was told that after a little haggling a deal was struck and you can guess what I got for my Christmas present! I couldn’t wait to get started on it! It's the way we are...
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