Sorry to be slow to reply, however thank you everbody for a warm welcome
I have picked up the bike plus a spare bottom end,cylinger head and a few other spares. It is a '61 golden flash with a SRM bottom end,bigger valves and 8.5/1 pistons. So it's a little warmer than standard. The guy I got it from has owned it from the late 60's I also got a lot of original tech sheets, need to sort them out! The Tank has a coat of spray black to preserve it, not sure if there is chrome underneath!! The bike has been laid up for 8 years so is in need of some tlc. A good point is it fired up first kick and is sweet as a nut, hopefully a picture is enclosed. when I have some time to make a start on it I will give a more accurate account of the bike and progress.
Un fortunatly I don't have room to hide any retiring politicians,people as poor as me or disguised world leaders. however next year when the house I am working on is finished it might be a differeft case.Just to prove it's not the romantic view of the medditeranen it's cloudy and raining on and off, however the wine is ok and the escargo butties are wonderful (can't abide snails) There are some wonderful roads around here and the scenery can be breath taking. the area is the Aude, the Tuchan/Paziols area where I live is a busy wine growing area producing Fitou and Merlot among other wines. More later I should get on with doing some work TTFN Ps
