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Dan with his 1938 - 500cc Nor- ton bike, one of about 20 in his collection of vintage motorcycles. bikes and preferably British. But then Dan has a passion for history and historical artifacts. He serves on the Scugog Heritage committee, he owns and has spent a fortune on researching and restoring the Leonard block at the north-west corner of Queen and Perry Streets in Port Perry. His daughter Christie and son-in-law Robert operate the Piano Cafe and the Piano Inn in the building. Upstairs Dan has carefully adapted the building into an “Inn” of suites and has recently completed the building’s fourth suite. In front of the Piano Cafe passersby will usually see a sign to indicate that Dan is looking for old pt hs and ibilia from Port Perry. He has been a Scugog “picker” for many years, seeking out Scugog memorabilia par- ticularly items related to his downtown property. Back to the bikes. He purchased his first motorbike while he was still at- tending high school. “I shared the bike 50-50 with my brother and we terrorized Greenbank with it as teenagers until the engine seized,” he said with a smile. “When we wrecked it, we got more for it than we paid for it,” he added. But he was hooked on bikes and began buying British bikes and selling them realizing that such a hobby could be financially rewarding as well. While doing so he developed a cadre of friends with similar interests. “We traded and sold bikes like baseball cards,” he commented. D an Stone loves motor bikes. Not any motor bikes, just vintage motor- 418 FOCUS - AUGUST 2012 08.FOCUS, AUGUST.32 pgsindd 18 12-07-23 9:09AM