Hi Steve D, My Shadow was built up from parts by Hillgate when I worked in Bermuda, and only saw the component parts on a shelf when I was home on leave. What I actually got I realised later was probably not what I saw, but the machine came with a new registration number, for 1973!!!. It had a Shadow engine and a Rapide chassis. I think that this is why their numbers were stamped on to the crank case. But having spent four years on an island with a 20mph speed limit, I was not too worried. Cheers, ET43