I actually DID by a Merriden first, a '73 T140V, when I was 22.
When my father died last July I inherited the '67 Norton Atlas that he bought new when he was 21. We were going to restore it next (this) summer.
Then go for rides together on our 750 Brit twins.
After he died I decided to combine them, which has evolved into this:
Should be on the road a week from today...
Incidently the pic of the Norton... that was his first new motorcycle, and in the back ground, his last new motorcycle the '05 T100 - which he loved SO much... That count's as my Hinkley, tho it's now my brother's.
sorry fellas, I know this has gone a bit off topic.. but it's been on my mind as of late, coming up on one year in July.