[QUOTE="Lozzo"] Rusty Hinge wrote: Never heard of him. Unless he owned a bike shop within 100 miles of Bedford or was prominent in the bike trade on the supply side, if he's over 55 to 60 years old chances are I wouldn't have, because he'd be into Brit stuff and I don't have any desire to know anything about it.[/QUOTE] Ah. He'd be over 60, and was a craftsman rather than a flogger. I knew him after his main riding exploits were over. He taught me how to weld with oxy-acetylene, but I couldn't ever dream of reaching his standard of proficiency. Would *YOU* even think of taking a B34 (Gold Star) crankcase half which had had a rod through it, leaving it in three pieces, broken from circumference to mains? After welding, he mic'd it up, and it was still within maker's tolerances...