Alas, the flirty Veata smile was no different from the one she sported after kicking over my motorcycle.

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Mercifully, Veata came back clothed and we headed out front to my motorcycle.

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"Since I got my motorcycle I have been getting my regular supply of fuel and my motorcycle is being serviced regularly, " he adds.

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Years ago, I got off my BMW K class motorcycle at my little lady's urging.

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This time, I cinched up my full-face motorcycle helmet, uttered a colorful Saxon oath and pushed off.

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On a recent visit, a scruffy, David Beckham-lookalike named Peter Kulka pulled up on a green vintage motorcycle outside my hotel.

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During my first week in town, I witnessed a really brutal motorcycle-versus-truck accident on the road between Kampot and Kep.

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"One of the effects was being unable to make my brain understand how to coordinate the clutch, throttle and brake on a motorcycle, " Winkler said of his dyslexia in 2008.

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While researching the lives of such amputees for my novel, I spoke to DeWalt Mix, who at the age of 27 was in a devastating motorcycle accident.

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When my parents passed the mashed potatoes at the dinner table it regularly came with a spoonful of stories about tragic motorcycle accidents, drug overdoses and houses that caught fire from plugged-in toasters.

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