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SWM SIX DAVS Resurrecting the spirit of the Seventies?

This SWM Six Days looks the business, doesn't it? The styling harks back to the Enduro machines of yesteryear - there's almost a Yamaha XT500 feel to it with its low bench-style seat, knobbly tyres on wire wheels, twin-shock suspension, gaitered forks, upswept twin exhausts, raised bars and punchy singlecylinder powerplant.

Much like the original XT,

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