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Pre-War Inter fenders

Submitted by steve_swan on Tue, 15/06/2021
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What metal were pre-war Inter fenders made of?

The 2-piece non-ferrous rear fender looks like it could be factory...

The front fender likes a magnet.

Submitted by nicholas_clark on Wed, 16/06/2021

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Hi Steve.

I think that original mudguards would be mild steel. All those I have come across have certainly been magnetic. Maybe your rear guard is a modern alloy replica. In any case all pre-war Inter rear guards were one piece as standard and of narrower width then those fitted to OHV and SV models.

Regards Nick

Submitted by david_cooper on Wed, 16/06/2021

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From photos I believe the race bikes had the front nose of the front guard set closer back towards the forks than road bikes. Maybe to speed up wheel changes? I don't know if the tinware was the same.

Submitted by steve_swan on Wed, 16/06/2021

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I'm getting it in my head pretty much no two Inter's were alike...  How much dissimilarity occurred between machines during factory assembly? 

Or, was dissimilarity more due to so many of the machines being ridden into the tarmac and being recycled from bits elsewhere into machines?

The fenders seen in factory literature, at least in the case of the front fender looks to cover more of the front wheel with fender braces fore to aft.  Did road models possibly leave the factory with the shorter front fenders with single brace?

The joint on the aluminium rear fender on my bike looks like no hack job, so apparently these two piece rear fenders were repro'd.  i thought it perhaps unusual the aluminium rear...

Submitted by nicholas_clark on Wed, 16/06/2021

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It is very unlikely the Inter road models sold in the UK would have had shorter front guards with a single brace. A front number plate was required to be fitted and there is a lug at the bottom of the Inter forks for a front brace. My Inter is a road model with the original 2 front mudguard stays. Customers pre-war could specify  deviations from standard when ordering their bikes. You have to remember in those days, speedometers, horns, pillion seat pads and footrests etc. were all extras on top of the basic model price. There is a short list of these in the catalogues of the time.

 

 


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