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Marty
Marty is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Armstrong MT500 motorcycle.
The youngest: all elbows and enthusiasm.
“Watch this!”
Character card
- Best at
- Off-road, mud, hills
- Quirk
- Shows off
- Usually causes
- Muddy puddles
- Read-aloud voice
- Teenage, Lancashire
In the books
Stuck in the queue behind Harry on the bridge, and minds very much indeed.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Marty based on?
- Real vehicle
- Armstrong MT500 motorcycle
- Era
- 1980s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Built in Bolton; later versions were built by Harley-Davidson.
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