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This Guy Just Saved 8 Vintage Japanese Bikes From The Scrapper

Let's say that you're just sitting at home, minding your own business, thinking motorcycle thoughts. Maybe you like project bikes, and all your friends (the real ones, anyway) know this about you. Perhaps you even have a specific niche that you prefer, like old Japanese bikes.

Then a friend contacts you, and lets you know that they just talked to a completely random person they met at the auto parts store. In fact, they say, the entire conversation started because they overheard said random person lamenting a storage unit full of old Japanese motorcycles that they needed to clear out at the behest of a client. Worst of all, it turns out, they were considering simply turning all those old bikes into scrap. (The horror!)

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