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My grandfather was a Norton M man. He’d owned a flat-tank 500 as a young blade in the late 1920s, and when he was approaching retirement bought himself a Featherbed Dominator (despite grandma’s ban on bikes). This was kept a secret, in a garage at the other end of the village. He’d leave for work by car, drive to the end of the village, swap car for bike, and then carry on. Of course, grandma found out soon enough and the Dominator had to be sold, but the ban was modified to allow for vintage bikes and projects. Grandpa played a big part in fostering my youthful bike obsession, encouraging that first ride and helping to fix my Cotton Minarelli trials bike (TUP 92K, it’s still on the DVLA database…