I'll take a coffee with them thanks:)

Oh, don't you'll get me all emotional.

These guys are only 10mm across so really nothing to fear. Quite amazing to look at once magnified with a macro lens though. Guessing the good lady didn't like the photo's then:) She would freak if you

Ah, well I'm one of those southern softies and a Spurs fan, sometimes wonder why I bother because they haven't won a thing since I was a young lad. I'm a bit distracted with getting my life in order as

Thanks for the mention guys:)

Hi Tom, sorry for the slow response, I'm a little wrapped up in preparing to leave the Philippines at the moment and haven't been online for a few days. I have owned dozens maybe hundreds of bikes over

Sorry for the slow reply it's been a busy day for me, they certainly look nice in red but I love the original Black Shadow the best.

Haha, Geordies, ain't too bad it's the guys across the way in Scouse land you have to worry about. I've been sharing dunnies all my life with complete strangers so the occasional spider could be worse:)

I know of the bike you mention, a White Shadow special order only 15 ever built and only the 1 in red. A very special bit of kit and bloody expensive.

That's rather cool, I love the Century bikes with the white rubber. I've been trying to get a friend to sell me his 1912 Triumph but he's still saying no. Can't blame me for asking and I shall keep doing

Yes, very nice I still don't know why they removed it from the museum, it was replaced with a Honda CG125 copy from Afganistan?

Cool stick the oven on, I'll bring the pasties🥟

Simple, yup that's me:)

Lovely story dude, congrats to the future Mr & Mrs.

Dude, so often the biggest problem in our lives is ourselves, it's so easy to believe that crutch is supporting you, but we only live correctly when we can support ourselves independently.

Surly being English all I have to do is commit a crime and it's off to Aus with me:) Yup that,s why I now live in the tropics Mate, mucker, pal. Gudaiy, sport.

Eat, drink, and be merry. Leave more than you take! The latter is more my real answer.

I believe there are many more hidden/forgotten in sheds around the country (UK) and certainly, a few more still exist than you mention, There's about 70 ss100 still out there and a fair few ss80 also.

Here's number 8 it was on display in the Imperial war museum In London until about 2013.

Thank you so much for sharing my post:)