I hear what you are saying Trevor....... I could have included a few more details in my last post after re-reading it.
I got the bike off a retired navy vet who purchased it in 1981. He put the rego on hold and pushed it into one of his bike filled sheds and there it sat until I got my hands on it 4ish years ago. He had got it off another bike collecting friend of his who had had it since the early 70's sitting in one of his sheds.
The bike has a "lot" number stencilled on the top of the tank which I'm assuming is an auction number???? As well as "drive on the right" stencilled in red. Both guards have tyre preasure stencils. It is matching frame, engine and contract plate and has the post war military number plate. There is the faint outline of a census number under the coat of post war green (can't quite make it out).
The paint job was obviously done before any off the stencil work. As far as I can tell the only missing parts were the bash plate (since found) and the Vokes air filter.
Seems it's pretty un-molested making me think this was a wheel repair done while still in service.
