Gather around kiddies, while Uncle Serge tells a story:
A long time ago (when we had paper money, shops shut at midday om Saturdays and I had black hair), I used to knock around with a guy named Justin. Some of you have met Justin, he came to the HCR one year, with Owen from Clake, and he did some trials demos around the shed. Anyway, Justin used to compete in club trials on a Montessa Cota 172, and I used to follow him around on his dad's Sherpa T 350. I enjoyed that bike cos' the seat was so low that I could touch the ground with ease (I was short back then too!) Those bikes were so quiet, that we would walk them down to the cutting under Mont Albert Road (part of the old Kew railway) and ride for hours without alerting the attention of anyone.
When I caught up with Justin at the HCR, I asked about the Sherpa and he advise that it was lost in a fire some years ago. When I got the resto bug, I always thought that, one day, I'd try and do one on a Sherpa. Well, that day has come. She's not pretty, but a good base to start with.
And when finished, I hope she looks something like this (which I think is very pretty):