Anthony if you look at the knee grips on the B&W pictures and then look at Stuart's bike in Hong Kong you will see the suttle difference in style. All the early bikes had rubber parts fitted but as war progressed and rubber became short because of the Japanese influence in the growing areas of rubber tree plantations in the Pacific. More and more rubber parts were deleted of changed to a different material (Like canvas handlebar grips for instance).

Henk would probably best to answer the question about at what time the M20 knee grips were deleted. Ron

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Dear Anthony

This was copied from the historic section in the website.

"Late 1942 saw the deletion of rubber fittings on all new machines, the replacement of the handlebar grips with universal War Department canvas items and the relocation of the horn to the nearside front engine-plate on many machines. Further modifications include the removal of the rib-centered rear mudguard in favor of a simplified plain item, although the front mudguard continued to retain the ribbed center until the end of the war."

That also means that I need to be looking for a rear mudguard without the rib down the centre.

Regards

Stuart

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DOH! I often refer to and advice others to search the rest of this site for further information.....And then completely didn't. Ron

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