Never seen that article but the Huntmaster I had in the 80's had been tuned by the previous owner - apparently Road Rocket head, pistons & cams but I didn't have any details. Think he taught engineering. I had it for 9 years during which it was 100% reliable & certainly went well :¬) Huntmas...

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Looks a nice little project for someone

Welcome back - great looking bike :¬)

My neighbour is a big Vespa fan, commutes on them in all weathers, goes to rallies all over the place.
Mind you, he has two because one is always in bits. I suspect he's a masochist.

I was watching a film on youtube about the cannonball run. Great stuff. However a chap with repo forks on his Brough had them break. The investigation showed they could have sheared at any time so he was lucky he was going slow when it happened. Different design but you never know what quality metal...

Snippet of an article from Oct 1948

Fit a mud-flap on the rear guard and fit a spring clip to that to hold the stand?

Personally I reckon if the carb was way out it would do it more frequently than now and then. Do the plugs look alright?
Sticky inlet valve or worn guide?
Worn slide?
Poor fuel?

I think I'd have to go one way or the other with it. Looks a weird mix as it is. Bearing in mind how expensive WNG forks are I think I'd strip the rack, pannier, headlight mask and petrol cap surround (not something I've seen before) off. Then paint over the stencilled number and run it as a fun, mo...

For green lane use it looks a hoot :¬)
I'd buy it if the garage wasn't already full and the missus keeps giving me looks....