Bill Bagnall (March 27, 1926 – November 22, 2006) was publisher of ''Motorcyclist'' magazine, and an editor of the magazine for 20 years (1952–1972). He served in the Philippines in the

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during World War II, after which he purchased a

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motorcycle and became a photographer for ''Motorcyclist''. This became a position as editor at the magazine working as associate editor for 90 days in 1950, then hired permanently in 1953. He sold ''Motorcyclist'' to Petersen Publishing in 1972 and retired in the early 1970s. Bagnall was

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president for three years. In 1999, he was inducted to the AMA

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. From 1983 until 2011, Bagnall ran a popular photographic equipment

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in the Los Angeles area.

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