Would you believe it?! The Met Police gave me call - they found the bike near where it had been spotted by the above named immortal, and it has been recovered!!! I cannot describe how grateful I am to Rocker and the friendly biker copper VD member who put his colleagues in the area on the case.
This really is the sort of thing that restores your faith in the kindness of strangers and humanity, and the ability of decent people and the system to do exactly the right thing.
Suffice to say I am absolutely ecstatic about this!!!
Thank you all for your kind offers of help, and I look forward to being back on the road asap!!!
Looks like they tried to make it more racer like - no lights at the back at all, no mirrors, no indicators at front, I will be seeing it tomorrow again hopefully!
When harry said got it back and wot they had took off i was sure was his that had been flying about around here, i phoned him other day and he was in portugal, could have told me, lol, 1 thing i said that the rear light was off and he told me today that it was.
Well done to the copper who sorted it.
As said, harry find out exactly where it was found and let me know and i will keep my eyes peeled for other bikes there.