Jack friend of mine had a very funny incident a few years ago on a 1948 Flying Flea He found under a house in Cheltenham (sandy soil) where it had been sitting for about 40 years. I "re-commissioned" it for him with all its "patina" got it onto club reg and the first time he rode it down the main street of Mornington (bit of a snobby area with all their fancy cars and Scott on this bike which looked like it had just been dragged out from under the house) and smoking worse than a 2 stroke Victa, (had a bit of extra oil in it for effect) rode past a Cop car. Cop immediately pulled him over with words like "what do you think you are doing" Scotts reply was "going to get a coffee" Cop, "you can't be serious" Scott, "why is that, it is perfectly legal, just been registered?" Scott handed him his log book a licence, cop went back to his car, came back and said, Everthing is in order but I just couldn't let you ride past me without pulling you over and as he was leaving he said to Scott, it will look great once it is restored, to which Scott replied, "you should have seen it before we restored it"
