Here is a picture of a Black Shadow in 1952/3 when it was brand new. My mother (80) showed me this picture recently. The fella on the bike is Brian Carter and was her boyfriend at the time. I thought it may be an interesting bit of info and if the bike is still around the current owner may like a copy of it. My Mum tells me that he bought it new in the Cheltenham area and crashed it about a year later. He sold the bike (what was left of it) for £100 to a friend called Tony Bishop who took it to Canada where he was stationed in the RAF. The photo is copyright.