The distinctive sound of a Triumph Tiger Daytona could easily be heard through their home village, signalling Mike's arrival long before he appeared on their driveway.

“That sound was part of my childhood, and part of the village really,” said Stuart, who would go on to help restore the bike.

“My dad took me to prom - or what was then known as the school dance - on it, to everybody’s amusement.

"It was something I really coveted and hoped that some day I would inherit.”

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