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Craven pannier set
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<blockquote data-quote="ET43" data-source="post: 22233" data-attributes="member: 62"><p>Sorry Tom, you are wrong, the original Craven is a semi sprung set up and moved with the seat, albeit at a lesser rate than the seat moved at the rear. The first generation was affixed to the seat base just behind the tool box held in place with three wood screws! The second coming is as used by most Craven owners today, there are a few modified racks out there, and it still wore out the brass bushes rapidly. The second generation racks for vins had a rectangular side pieces to take the Silver Arrow cases, and the Vee rack came later when folks started to fit the likes of Comet, Safari, Dolomite, etc,etc panniers to their machines.That is why WCS evolved the tubular rack with 3/4" tube and large pb bushes. This went to Draganfly who appear to have done nothing with it. And while we are at it, the California top box which experts told me was developed in the U.K. was in fact evolved in, guess where, California. I know because I had the original art work and attendant paperwork that went with it. This came about because the Jet helmet would not fit into the largest box that Craven made at the time. It was the English who cut this down as I presume that some vertically challenged chap couldn't get his leg over. The last one I made went to John Phillip. Also, Craven items were sold in Australia by a chap called John Galvin, Galvo, who at one time was a Vincent man. Some of these products had detail differences to the U.K.products. Well, there you have it, and now I'd better see to Geoff Newbery. ET43</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ET43, post: 22233, member: 62"] Sorry Tom, you are wrong, the original Craven is a semi sprung set up and moved with the seat, albeit at a lesser rate than the seat moved at the rear. The first generation was affixed to the seat base just behind the tool box held in place with three wood screws! The second coming is as used by most Craven owners today, there are a few modified racks out there, and it still wore out the brass bushes rapidly. The second generation racks for vins had a rectangular side pieces to take the Silver Arrow cases, and the Vee rack came later when folks started to fit the likes of Comet, Safari, Dolomite, etc,etc panniers to their machines.That is why WCS evolved the tubular rack with 3/4" tube and large pb bushes. This went to Draganfly who appear to have done nothing with it. And while we are at it, the California top box which experts told me was developed in the U.K. was in fact evolved in, guess where, California. I know because I had the original art work and attendant paperwork that went with it. This came about because the Jet helmet would not fit into the largest box that Craven made at the time. It was the English who cut this down as I presume that some vertically challenged chap couldn't get his leg over. The last one I made went to John Phillip. Also, Craven items were sold in Australia by a chap called John Galvin, Galvo, who at one time was a Vincent man. Some of these products had detail differences to the U.K.products. Well, there you have it, and now I'd better see to Geoff Newbery. ET43 [/QUOTE]
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