BURT MUNRO

[driftwood]

many thanks for the ISBN number
when i wa sin NZ in 1990 i went to a Turners misc auction in auckland and i saw an Indian bike up for auction in good nick bar someone had dropped it off stand/ stand broke and minor damage
i was so tempted to bid n buy it ( circa $2500 ish/£1k) as it looked smart and i really had no designs on buying bikes but it was 1 of those impulse moments to put my hand up and own but logic intervened when i thought how do I a winjun pom on my "travels" justify buying the bike and then ship it home !
Today it would not even enter my head and those here who know me will testify my hand would have been up and it woulda been bought before any kiwi had time to think about it

[Howard Wood]

Drifty,

Completely off topic I know but a couple of years ago we were in Shimla, India where a cash strapped American back packer was offering a genuine '50's Royal Enfield for next to nothing. In a country where just catching a train is a major drama, the logistics were too daunting but I kick myself now from the comfort and safety of home, a couple of thousand mile road trip might have interesting to say the least.