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<blockquote data-quote="Little Honda" data-source="post: 104015" data-attributes="member: 667"><p>Wrong, Albervin! As often here in the forum, you commented too quickly! You must know, that at the time,</p><p>when the first and second BL were made, the works <strong>did only have</strong> short RFMs, which usually were fitted with</p><p>19" rear wheels, which, with tyres on, only just fitted into the short RFM. This was not so with the first two</p><p>Lightnings, which had 20" rear wheels! To be able, to have safe clearances for the rear wheel, they had to</p><p>lengthen the rear frame for these two bikes at the works, only to fit these larger wheels. </p><p>This is easily proven by the original fotos of BL no.1 on the earls court show 1948, with PCV, PEI and George</p><p>Brown standing behind. There are original fotos from both sides of the bike. It is clearly visible, that a 20"</p><p>tyre is fitted to the first BL. Also clearly visible is only one brake cable abutment on its RFM, which is proof</p><p>for a formerly short RFM, which - consequently - must have been lengthened, as all later and longer RFMs</p><p>had 2 brake cable abutments, which were necessary for the then introduced Comet with its secondary</p><p>chain on the other side.</p><p>This fact is prooved by a reader´s letter by PEI to the editor, appeared in MPH 21 (oct. 1950), referring to</p><p>RFM lengths.</p><p>You see, Albervin, only a careful look onto historical fotos can show your error.</p><p>If you continue careful thinking, it would not have been useful, to lengthen any short RFM after March</p><p>1949, when the longer RFMs were introduced together with Meteors and Comets, then coming into sale.</p><p>That, however, prooves , together with the historical race fotos of No.2 BL, that its present RFM is its</p><p>first original one with only one brake cable abutment, being in it since new. That is equally so with no.1</p><p>BL, which, nowadays no longer has its original RFM, acc. to Simon´s statement.</p><p>Final reflection: If longer RFMs were available since March 1949 from the works, and No2 BL was delivered</p><p>to Switzerland in Jan., 1949, there are only 6 - 8 weeks left to exchange its RFM into it like it was new, ie.,</p><p>with one brake cable abutment, as that would have been useless after this date, when longer RFMs were</p><p>readily available at the works. Moreover, there is no documentation of RC3548 coming back to the works</p><p>for RFM- repair within 6 - 8 weeks after delivery.</p><p>We all must be very careful in judging other´s bikes concerning originality or, honesty of their owners!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Honda, post: 104015, member: 667"] Wrong, Albervin! As often here in the forum, you commented too quickly! You must know, that at the time, when the first and second BL were made, the works [B]did only have[/B] short RFMs, which usually were fitted with 19" rear wheels, which, with tyres on, only just fitted into the short RFM. This was not so with the first two Lightnings, which had 20" rear wheels! To be able, to have safe clearances for the rear wheel, they had to lengthen the rear frame for these two bikes at the works, only to fit these larger wheels. This is easily proven by the original fotos of BL no.1 on the earls court show 1948, with PCV, PEI and George Brown standing behind. There are original fotos from both sides of the bike. It is clearly visible, that a 20" tyre is fitted to the first BL. Also clearly visible is only one brake cable abutment on its RFM, which is proof for a formerly short RFM, which - consequently - must have been lengthened, as all later and longer RFMs had 2 brake cable abutments, which were necessary for the then introduced Comet with its secondary chain on the other side. This fact is prooved by a reader´s letter by PEI to the editor, appeared in MPH 21 (oct. 1950), referring to RFM lengths. You see, Albervin, only a careful look onto historical fotos can show your error. If you continue careful thinking, it would not have been useful, to lengthen any short RFM after March 1949, when the longer RFMs were introduced together with Meteors and Comets, then coming into sale. That, however, prooves , together with the historical race fotos of No.2 BL, that its present RFM is its first original one with only one brake cable abutment, being in it since new. That is equally so with no.1 BL, which, nowadays no longer has its original RFM, acc. to Simon´s statement. Final reflection: If longer RFMs were available since March 1949 from the works, and No2 BL was delivered to Switzerland in Jan., 1949, there are only 6 - 8 weeks left to exchange its RFM into it like it was new, ie., with one brake cable abutment, as that would have been useless after this date, when longer RFMs were readily available at the works. Moreover, there is no documentation of RC3548 coming back to the works for RFM- repair within 6 - 8 weeks after delivery. We all must be very careful in judging other´s bikes concerning originality or, honesty of their owners! [/QUOTE]
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