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<blockquote data-quote="david bowen" data-source="post: 13867" data-attributes="member: 799"><p>final assembly George Baker would pick up completed engine with number stamped by engine assembly foreman and do the final fit of mag cowl and propstands place on to a bench where two guys would then assemble the bike to the spec of a sheet of paper from the cycle assembly foreman ( Ted Hampshire) no exhaust , speedo or batterys on assembly these where done by the despatch dept. after road test when done forman would then stamp frame numbers on UFM and RFM then the checker (Eddie Cox )would go over all nut and bolts to check and with small brush and black touch up paint go over bike the bike was then handed over to the road test section foreman ( Jim Sugg ) each tester had his slave exhaust speedo and battery fill with oil and petrol and start by kick start there were no rolling roads all minor jobs were done by testers even down to replacing pistons if they nipped up after fity mile road test bike signed off by Jim Sugg and handed over to despatch about one in ten bikes were given extened road tests a further hundred miles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="david bowen, post: 13867, member: 799"] final assembly George Baker would pick up completed engine with number stamped by engine assembly foreman and do the final fit of mag cowl and propstands place on to a bench where two guys would then assemble the bike to the spec of a sheet of paper from the cycle assembly foreman ( Ted Hampshire) no exhaust , speedo or batterys on assembly these where done by the despatch dept. after road test when done forman would then stamp frame numbers on UFM and RFM then the checker (Eddie Cox )would go over all nut and bolts to check and with small brush and black touch up paint go over bike the bike was then handed over to the road test section foreman ( Jim Sugg ) each tester had his slave exhaust speedo and battery fill with oil and petrol and start by kick start there were no rolling roads all minor jobs were done by testers even down to replacing pistons if they nipped up after fity mile road test bike signed off by Jim Sugg and handed over to despatch about one in ten bikes were given extened road tests a further hundred miles. [/QUOTE]
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