Quote Originally Posted by sithot
Mike:

I'll be frank and say that the English are very good at doing things we don't care about anymore.
In the vintage bike business (especially Brit bikes) they cannot be touched for parts availability. And believe it or not one of the best "stockists" for Japanese vintage bike parts is in, you guessed it, the UK!
I can see that I am not the only one who has sent David Silver a crapload of money.

Brits restore stuff that we consider far gone because they get more rust. If you want restoration and pattern parts the UK is the place.