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Vale-Onslow – a motorcycling institution

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Leonard Leslie Hubert Vale-Onslow, motorcycle designer, manufacturer, rider, retailer and restorer, was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, on May 2, 1900. Leonard, or ‘Len’, rode his first motorcycle built by his brothers in

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