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OK, this is the situation. Time, 1967-68, place, Georgetown Guyana.
Boy, 17, girl, 18, with different interests.
He's moody and silent because his motorbike (a Yamaha, but could be a Honda or a Suzuki) has broken down and can't be fixed because a spare part is missing and it has to be imported (from the UK, or USA) so he won't be able to use the bike for a few weeks.
The only spare part of a motorised vehicle I can name offhand is spark plugs, so spark plugs are my placeholder, and it's probably totally wrong -- do motorbikes even need spark plugs???
So I need a convenient Missing Spare Part.
Also, I need a snippet of conversation the boy has with his friends over motorbikes and missing parts. Just two or three lines, as mysterious as possible, because the girl doesn't have a clue. (It's a bit of a funny scene because she's obsessing about his bad temper and rudeness and thinks it's about her, but it's only about his damned bike.)
Anyone who can offer two or three lines, which I will quote verbatim, will be named in the acknowledgements, and a free digital copy. This book has a publisher so that's a promise (not worth much I know but anyway!)
Boy, 17, girl, 18, with different interests.
He's moody and silent because his motorbike (a Yamaha, but could be a Honda or a Suzuki) has broken down and can't be fixed because a spare part is missing and it has to be imported (from the UK, or USA) so he won't be able to use the bike for a few weeks.
The only spare part of a motorised vehicle I can name offhand is spark plugs, so spark plugs are my placeholder, and it's probably totally wrong -- do motorbikes even need spark plugs???
So I need a convenient Missing Spare Part.
Also, I need a snippet of conversation the boy has with his friends over motorbikes and missing parts. Just two or three lines, as mysterious as possible, because the girl doesn't have a clue. (It's a bit of a funny scene because she's obsessing about his bad temper and rudeness and thinks it's about her, but it's only about his damned bike.)
Anyone who can offer two or three lines, which I will quote verbatim, will be named in the acknowledgements, and a free digital copy. This book has a publisher so that's a promise (not worth much I know but anyway!)
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