One thing (there may be others!) that has puzzled me is the absence of a crossover tube on Amelia's fuel tank. It seems to be a fairly well established fact that Solex-equipped Square Fours have one fuel tap, with built in reserve, on the left - because a tap on the right is in the way of the Bi-Starter knob and could drip fuel (they don't leak, do they?) on the distributor.
These first three pictures are all 1951 SQ4's, like Amelia:
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Left hand tap (also note the brake lever stop! never seen one of those before) |
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No right hand tap, no crossover loop. this bike has a drain point at the RH front of the tank, like mine |
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Obvious crossover loop |
Amelia has two petrol taps, one drain point at the front, just like this 1952 KH
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Left hand petrol tap, no crossover loop |
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Right hand petrol tap, no crossover loop |
So... What do y'all think of that?
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