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What are you at? This is it: Restoring vintage motorcycles

Wayne Williams works as an automobile mechanic, but his true passion is working on vintage motorcycles.

Wayne Williams of St. John's rebuilds motorcycles from the 1960s and 1970s.

What are you at? This is it: Wayne Williams' restored motorcycles.

8 years ago
Duration 1:16
St. John's mechanic Wayne Williams loves to spend his spare time restoring vintage motorcycles.

Wayne Williams works as an automobile mechanic, but his true passion is working on vintage motorcycles.

His favourites are motorcycles from the 1960s and 1970s made by British and Japanese companies.

Williams said he takes each motorcycle apart, down to to the nuts and bolts and then cleans, restores and rebuilds each machine.

"It's the satisfaction of when you finish and take it for a run, there's no drug to replace that," said Williams.

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