In praise of ignorance!

I was delighted to see a picture of Elon Jack Potter, aka the Michigan Madman on the front of June’s edition of OBM because he is a hero of mine. I have this picture and quote from him on my workshop wall. The quote reads: ‘Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even usually surpassing knowledge. Lots of times a guy will jump into a project without knowing how far he is into something, way over his head until it’s almost too late to back off. This is a situation that I frequently wake up in the middle of another adventure.’ I suspect this applies to many of us who work on old bikes – and long may it continue.

Norman Panton, Merseyside