Triumph rocker cover.

[Rex]

I thought the same....maybe his recent illness made him reconsider his pension pot.
There's more money in 1930s cammies than some jap stroker from the 1980s, that's for sure.

[iansoady]

Old bikes are the art of the possible,unless you happen to be a billionaire,and can afford to replace any part with standard,when you find bodging.

That is of course true, and I do like creative bodges (as opposed to botches). However, going back to the original point, Imperial threads cost little more than metric so why not use them?

I do have to confess that on my last modern bike I extended the gear lever and used 5/16" CEI to attach the new toepiece.......