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<blockquote data-quote="Johnbull" data-source="post: 20614" data-attributes="member: 2349"><p>I asked a couple of questions on Series B Meteor mudguards on this forum some days ago but surprisingly got no replies. I now see that there are plenty of knowledgeable people around who may be able to answer my questions, so here goes again.</p><p> </p><p>Mine is a 1948 Series B Meteor. It was originally bought in UK by a British serviceman who was soon after stationed to Malta and brought the Meteor to Malta with him. It was then sold on to 3 local owners, and I bought it some 25 years ago. Since I have owned it, and well before, this bike was fitted with a fairly slim front alloy mudguard blade. I have seen pictures of this machine as early as the early 50s and it has the same mudguards and stays.</p><p> </p><p>I recently ordered a set of new mudguard stays from VOC spares, and sure enough the holes on the mudguards didn't match with those on the stays. Not by a mile ! I started thinking that perhaps at some stage some previous owner may have replaced the front mudguard with that from an AJS / Matchless CSR, but the CSR hadn't even been thought of in the early 50s. So what is this front mudguard off. I repeat, I have pictures of the bike with the same front mudguard and stays, taken in the early 50s. </p><p> </p><p>Were the mudguards on the Series B Meteors perhaps of a slimmer profile than those of later models?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnbull, post: 20614, member: 2349"] I asked a couple of questions on Series B Meteor mudguards on this forum some days ago but surprisingly got no replies. I now see that there are plenty of knowledgeable people around who may be able to answer my questions, so here goes again. Mine is a 1948 Series B Meteor. It was originally bought in UK by a British serviceman who was soon after stationed to Malta and brought the Meteor to Malta with him. It was then sold on to 3 local owners, and I bought it some 25 years ago. Since I have owned it, and well before, this bike was fitted with a fairly slim front alloy mudguard blade. I have seen pictures of this machine as early as the early 50s and it has the same mudguards and stays. I recently ordered a set of new mudguard stays from VOC spares, and sure enough the holes on the mudguards didn't match with those on the stays. Not by a mile ! I started thinking that perhaps at some stage some previous owner may have replaced the front mudguard with that from an AJS / Matchless CSR, but the CSR hadn't even been thought of in the early 50s. So what is this front mudguard off. I repeat, I have pictures of the bike with the same front mudguard and stays, taken in the early 50s. Were the mudguards on the Series B Meteors perhaps of a slimmer profile than those of later models? [/QUOTE]
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