Here's a teaser...Heavy weight versions of the Matchless teledraulic forks were made during the war..What were they fitted to and what bike was fitted with a set of these unusual forks after the war?
...Ian
Got it in one Mick...Interestingly the owner of the bike that had a pair fitted post war stated that a number of sets were made and more than one SWD outfit was built...I'll let the second half of the teaser run a little longer..Ian
Good guess Rik...but no, not the Porcupine. I wish I did have a set. The set used postwar may well still exist and if they do they are probably the only set..Ian
The answer...'Torrens' (aka Arthur Bourne) was the editor of the most popular motorcycle weekly of the pre war and early post war period. He must have been well connected in the trade as he managed to purloin a set of the 'heavyweight' teledraulics as used on the prototype Sunbeam/Matchless SWD outfit.
And the bike they were fitted to?...his ultimately famous girder fork pre war Ariel Square Four 'HPG 601'....Ian