wow cool front mudguard bracket i bet you could lift the whole bike with that Bill ![sarcastic *sarcastic*](https://www.a7a10.net/forum/Smileys/default/sarcastic.gif)
Ha! There's a story there - a boring one though Bergs. Bear with me if you will!
Bike was a dirt cheap bitza, with a modded 10+:1, twin concentrics & dangerously overbored to 610cc G9 500cc motor in it, but it came with the original (seriously big time broken, rods and cases) 650. And it went like a bat out of hell at a regular 7000rpm with the silly G9 engine in. Until when I had it apart for a look-see I saw how silly it all was.
But it had fibreglass 'guards. Yuk.
I don't like any AMC 'guards a whole lot, steel or other, apart from the alloy jobs on CSRs as what I had on my P11.
Anyway, another bloke in the owners' club needed some 'guards and was prepared to fit the plastics for a bit, as steel are pricey and hard to find - as with beesas. So I gave them to him and bought some cheap fit-anything ss blades.
OK so far?
But when fitted, the front end of the front 'guard vibrated. It hummed as you went along, something like strumming a bass guitar maybe.
Now, AMC forks come in various types according to year, spec etc. Mine, on this bike, don't have any cast lugs for a forward-mounted stay, just the ones for a rear-facer low down.
So I made some brackets out of handy (s)crap and attached them under the nuts on the studs for the axle clamps.
Then, had to figure how to attach to blade.
So, a bit more ss.
You know those strips you buy for joining bits of carpet together . . .? Well, there was one of them knocking about, so I thought I'd repurpose it. Supported by a couple of bits of bar, bit o' threading, some ss domed nuts, bit of bendying of the ss, and there you go. No vibes, all good. And quite shiny even, not that I care about that too much.
So now it's 'matching numbers' (who the hell cares?) after spending a fortune on crankcase welding, and on every oily bit you can think of (seriously, every
single bit, including a brand new crankshaft and Thunder rods) but is still a scruffy unrestored daily rider which makes it OK for people like me.
I call it the 'Farmyard Special', and there's a ss plaque on the oil tank saying as much.
It's actually a CSR-spec 8.5:1 (dynamo) 650 motor in a standard M31 frame, it has run non-stop since I converted it from dangerously-overbored 500 back in 2013, and has been thrashed more than I ever dared push my A10 or would risk pushing my Notrun. I am stupidly fond of it.
An 'ugly duckling wot works' Bergs, is what it is. Which it's gonna need to next week, as she'll be running with old mates on Commandos, a Trident, and a R100 something beemer for 1000 miles in quite demanding conditions. (Luckily, I have a spare brand-spanking new crank and more Thunder rods in a box . . . hope I don't need them!)