Dear Henk,
This is might be my only note to your site and it’s almost certain that we’ll never meet so I want to take the chance to thank you for all you’ve done. I’m an owner of an Ariel VB, a sidevalve that’ll probably never feature here but the site you’ve built up has become for me at least the “go to” place for sidevalve understanding and advice. It’s a point of reference on many engineering issues peculiar to sidevalves many of which are either not understood (or even denigrated) on the home sites of other makes. And you’ve gathered around you a web of very competent engineers and experts whose opinions are always to be listened to and among whom you’ve generated loyalty and friendship. All this is no mean feat and is of great credit to you.
Henk:
Thanks for all your yeoman's diligence and perseverance in maintaining the WD Forum over the years. The site was a treasure trove of information. Best wishes for future endeavors.
Doc
Hello, Henk, this is Tom in Georgia USA. Thanks for all your efforts over the years. I really enjoy the forum and your DVD's. The various small parts I bought from you helped finish my bike. Good luck and good hunting!
Thanks for creating this website and forum Henk, it's been fantastic meeting and finding new friends and like minded people because of it. I hope we get chance to see you sometime when the current situation changes. All the best mate :slightly_smiling_face: :+1:
Hi Henk...We owe all this to you and I never forget that...Enjoy your 'retirement' and hopefully we'll meet up again at some point when things return to normal... my BeSt regArds....Ian
Thank you Henk for all the great work with the website, parts, and knowledge of these old bikes. You certainly helped me when I was new to the M20 and I appreciate all your efforts in that regard.
Henk en Linda heel erg bedankt voor jullie prachtige website je hebt de M20 nog meer populair gemaakt dan het al was. De M20 is altijd al een BSA geweest met een verhaal maar door jou site komen er nog meer interessante verhalen bij dank daarvoor ! Ik hoop dat het goed gaat met je gezondheid en hoop dat Bastiaan en Nick het net zo goed doen als jij altijd gedaan hebt maar daar twijfel ik niet aan. Gr Theo Schipper
Thanks Henk for all your hard work ,I’m sure all the folks who visit here occasionally and some every day appreciate it ,kind regards and take a back seat now , but carrying on watching, I’m sure we are in safe hands with bastiian and nick , andrew
I dip into this forum every few months when I'm doing something with my M21 and/or 16H. I also am a regular on Mountainbike forums and XT500
and Nuovo Falcone forums. I have to say this is by far the best and most informative. A lot of that is down to the ancient anoraks that inhabit this space but still thank you Henke, thank you very very much.
Hi Henk, I used your dating service and was very happy sorry to see you leave, the info on the site has been fantastic and I have recommended the site to a few friends with M20s. I have learnt a lot from the site and am pleased it will still be there for everyone to enjoy. I wish all the best.
Ian Gawley ( Adelaide Australia)
