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Miller Lighting on a 1947 Rapide
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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 33598" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>A large square plate on headlight indicates a trade plate so was possibly a prototype or test mule. The position of the choke levers indicate there was a fitting problem and this does look wrong in so many respects. To try and get the horn and dip switch within thumb's reach has led to the valve lifter and chokes being moved inboard. Can't see the curve of the front brake cable which would have fed to the RH brake. One of the problems of trying to restore a "correct" bike is a picture like this :-( No problem with the damper knob; like the side damper knob they were Bakelite and while they should have been fairly black, some were a very dark brown due to the process. Black shoe polish works wonders. I am only guessing here but I reckon the production machines would have been tidier than this in the handlebars area. It looks naff and not in keeping with the fastest and most expensive motorcycle of the time. Finally a lot of photos of the time went to the 1940s equivalent of "Photoshop®" before they were published.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 33598, member: 586"] A large square plate on headlight indicates a trade plate so was possibly a prototype or test mule. The position of the choke levers indicate there was a fitting problem and this does look wrong in so many respects. To try and get the horn and dip switch within thumb's reach has led to the valve lifter and chokes being moved inboard. Can't see the curve of the front brake cable which would have fed to the RH brake. One of the problems of trying to restore a "correct" bike is a picture like this :-( No problem with the damper knob; like the side damper knob they were Bakelite and while they should have been fairly black, some were a very dark brown due to the process. Black shoe polish works wonders. I am only guessing here but I reckon the production machines would have been tidier than this in the handlebars area. It looks naff and not in keeping with the fastest and most expensive motorcycle of the time. Finally a lot of photos of the time went to the 1940s equivalent of "Photoshop®" before they were published. [/QUOTE]
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