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Classic Bike, (APRIL 2012)
"JAMES MAY: Why I had to have one"
You meet the nicest people on an old Honda, especially if your're riding a 400 four - the bike that, argueably, turned British motorcyclists onto Japanese thinking
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Evening Sun, Hanover
"Speciailst rolls into Hanover"
David Silver sets up a motorcycle parts center at a former furniture factory
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EADT (Tues 06/03/2012)
"Celebrity bike fan gets dream machine"
LEISTON: TV presenter James collects lovingly-restored classic
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MCN (WED 29/02/2012)
"I'm not a spoilt tosser buying a few more bikes"
BBC top gear presenter and huge bike nut James May has - along with colleague Richard Hammond - been buying a number of new motorcycles but they aren't what you'd expect...
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MCN (WED 25/01/2012)
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Mass CB400/4 restoration project begins"
50 classic Hondas are given a new lease of life by parts specialist
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Bike (MAR2012)
Rupert Paul - "Joining the slow lane"

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Classic Bike (FEB2012)
"Fifty CB400/4s resurrected"
Mass restoration of 1970s micro-superbike will boost supply of hard-to-find spares - and create the world's biggest 400/4 showroom...
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Practical Sportsbikes, Issue 15 (JAN2012)
"Silver's Dream Machines"

David Silver is a name many of you may know. He sells Honda spares, y'see? But did you know he has perhaps the biggest UK collection of Honda 400/4s tucked away and plenty more besides?...
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Classic Motorcycle Mechanics, Issue 275 (SEPT2010)

"Without Whom..."
Silver struck gold in the 80s when he began selling Honda spares. 25 years on he's still keeping Honda's finest on the road, be they 15 or 50 years old...
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