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Mike,

I will try to post some. I am not very computer savvy, so I normally send an e-mail to L.A.B. and he kindly posts it on my behalf.

The bike was delivered new in 1959 to Singapore and then brought to Hong Kong in the early 60s by the original owner who got transferred here. The original owner now in his 80s is still around and gave the bike - which had sat around under cover for decades - to the current owner who is restoring it as a homage to the original owner. Unfortunately he had a falling out with the chap doing the restoration and took the bike back. This is a bit embarassing for me because I am friends with both and don't want it to look like I am taking away business from the restorer, however I spoke to him about it and he is glad to see the back of it.

As usual with these things the last 10% takes 90% of the effort and all those little things needed to get it running, get it through the government roadworthyness test and get it runnng reliably on the road still need to be done. I am ready to try to start it now but it has been raining heavilly for the past several days so I will have to wait a bit.

I will post some photos ASAP

<blockquote data-quote="dave M" data-source="post: 285951" data-attributes="member: 346">Mike,I will try to post some. I am not very computer savvy, so I normally send an e-mail to L.A.B. and he kindly posts it on my behalf. The bike was delivered new in 1959 to Singapore and then brought to Hong Kong in the early 60s by the original owner who got transferred here. The original owner now in his 80s is still around and gave the bike - which had sat around under cover for decades - to the current owner who is restoring it as a homage to the original owner. Unfortunately he had a falling out with the chap doing the restoration and took the bike back. This is a bit embarassing for me because I am friends with both and don&#039;t want it to look like I am taking away business from the restorer, however I spoke to him about it and he is glad to see the back of it.As usual with these things the last 10% takes 90% of the effort and all those little things needed to get it running, get it through the government roadworthyness test and get it runnng reliably on the road still need to be done. I am ready to try to start it now but it has been raining heavilly for the past several days so I will have to wait a bit.I will post some photos ASAP</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dave M, post: 285951, member: 346"] Mike, I will try to post some. I am not very computer savvy, so I normally send an e-mail to L.A.B. and he kindly posts it on my behalf. The bike was delivered new in 1959 to Singapore and then brought to Hong Kong in the early 60s by the original owner who got transferred here. The original owner now in his 80s is still around and gave the bike - which had sat around under cover for decades - to the current owner who is restoring it as a homage to the original owner. Unfortunately he had a falling out with the chap doing the restoration and took the bike back. This is a bit embarassing for me because I am friends with both and don't want it to look like I am taking away business from the restorer, however I spoke to him about it and he is glad to see the back of it. As usual with these things the last 10% takes 90% of the effort and all those little things needed to get it running, get it through the government roadworthyness test and get it runnng reliably on the road still need to be done. I am ready to try to start it now but it has been raining heavilly for the past several days so I will have to wait a bit. I will post some photos ASAP [/QUOTE]