On the recent series of The Motorbike Show - it was the tenth anniversary series - Henry Cole restored a Bimota.
Said he had been lusting after a Bimota ever since he first saw one in a shop window when he was at school. Then one came up for sale and he took his friend Sam Lovegrove with him to see the feller selling it. Sam's the expert on the techie side, plus being the sensible second pair of eyes. Of course, the Bimota was not fully original, not fully complete. Sam was still giving the bike a look over but Henry says to the man, 'How much are you asking?' Feller names his price, Henry sticks out has hand and they shake.
Sam's face was a picture. But, but . . . Henry says, 'These don't exactly come up for sale very often, it's what I wanted, had to have it.'