Is this bar absolutely necessary? The main engine mounting plates look very
substantial. The reason for asking is that its position gets right in the way of a vertical outlet for the fuel tap, meaning the right hand tap has to
have a horizontal outlet.
Any advice?

Brooky.

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Hi Brooky,do you really think Bsa (Val Page) would have put it there for a laugh.
make sure it is positioned correctly,then it will not interfere with anything
Cheers Rick

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It doesn't interfere with my taps. Maybe you have the wrong steady bar and fitted to the wrong head bolt? Ron

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Aha! Thanks Ron. You're dead right. Mine is fitted to the wrong head bolt.
That's going to make life so much easier. I hadn't even considered that as a possibility, although I do wonder why the rearmost fixing bolt eye on the steady bar is slotted, rather than being just a circular hole. I guess to allow for marginal differences in engine position in the main mountings.

Thanks again Ron.

Brooky.

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The head steady 'triangulates' the frame/engine structure to stiffen it...

M20s (and no doubt others) vibrate a lot more if it's left off, or even if you don't tighten the frame bolt up fully...Ian

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