Couldnt agree more old chap, as us Brits would say, get on and ride the damn thing and remember its a RACE bike, not an ornament! Thats why Peble Beach Pisses me off too! Still, most owners of these fine machines have never raced them or anything else. I suppose they DO look after them though, even if the sddles are too low, the bars too high or they seem to have mysteriously changed from tubs to clinchers. HEY ho, heres to "i ve done it" lane, nostalgia for ever. Barrie Carter, Roundham, Crewkerne, Somersetg UK