It's a bike, it's not a puppy or a baby or a fucking lost relic. Who gives a shit that its 'British?'.. It's an inanimate object, and being hacked up doesn't make it some kind of martyr.
Just because it was made by some old bastard who smoked a pipe doesn't mean it's of any more significance than your toilet brush which was probably made by some Chinese guy who might have once smoked a pipe.
PMSL.
The Chinese do love to smoke.
Matt