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Their whole world seemed to revolve around their race to the bottom of cheap and nasty. Price seemed to be the sole criteria for the majority.

"Race to the bottom" is 2020's concept. Theirs was more likely to be "a penny saved is a penny earned" which given the financial hardship of the time, made perfect sense. Profit margins were low to non-existent on bikes made purely for commuting, so every little cheese-paring helped with the bottom line.
You want grease nipples? Buy a Brough, McAvoy, Coventry-Eagle etc etc.

That bog at Bracklesham is a throw-back from the 1950s which is probably the last time it was deep-cleaned. How long can you hold your breath?
I like the bendy road back to the A27 though.

A mate has the identical twin, other than his exhausts are standard low-level.

Good stuff.
I know you believe it to be the fuel filter lip, but on most recent new carbs I've bought the very thin fibre washer is too stiff to flatten and seal, but after a night of soaking and swelling, a quick tighten the following morning sorts it.

Near Selsey eh? It'll be entered  in the Goodwood FoS next year then..

A metric spec, but clearly not a metric thread.
I read somewhere many years ago that the early US loco's (the ones always featured in Westerns) used Imperial threadforms until US manufacturing and standards caught up.

Who knows?
Do you know Crocodile Dundee?

I have two complete carbs (Villiers) which came as a job-lot with my C-E.
Shame you lot are too far away..