Re: Who Own this beauty?

Posted by Staffs on Dec 08, 2017; 6:02pm
URL: http://silk-motorcycles.221.s1.nabble.com/Who-Own-this-beauty-tp5001760p5001763.html

Or it could be a gentleman from Dudley, Derek. He also has Velocettes and is a known doer in the Velo club.
If this is his bike, this one was Sold new to Paul Whitehead of Cromford nr Matlock, Derbyshire.
This is a 700sPR This paint job and TZ fairing was a copy of the Silk production racer of Alan Taylor (silk eng).
For those who know Cromford and the road A5012 Via Gellia. Paul lived at the Start of this road and as you might expect was "an expert" on this section of Derbyshire road. He told me because it is so tight and twisty he took great pleasure in blowing off the more modern bikes of the time along its stretch. He kept the bike many years and it was often seen at Darley Moor where he was a frequent spectator. He sold it when the first of the new MVs came back onto the market, it changed hands a couple of times until Derek acquired it about 10 years ago?
Dont know if he still owns it.