Charlie Self wrote:

Oh, yeah. How about a Norton Manx 500cc thumper in a featherbed frame,
with reverse cone muffler. A friend had one and it was my first trip to
100 on a bike.

First bike I ever fell off, a gardengate manx, mum made dad sell it
after that, I was only 10 at the time....Got me a few BMW's down the
years, still got a '52 G80C Matchless though ;-)