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Usually due to the nature of them being 'builds'. Engine and frame combinations that were not OEM - many Engines and Frames that started life as anything but a Dirt Bike.
And, there'd be Non-Unit and Unit engines - Non-Unit = separate gearbox - Unit = combined engine and gearbox (which the vast majority of people here would only ever have had on a bike).
An example I saw just last week, when I finally got the latest (to Australia) Classic Dirt Bike #60, it had a Matchless build, that had been raced by a variety of racers, including Mick Andrews before he stopped racing it due to long term shoulder problems. It has Footpeg mounts bolted to casings.
I grew up with a Dad and Uncle that raced anything and everything, my Dad getting a new CCM nearly every year from their inception, after racing BSAs before CCM came into existence. So, I rode them, but I was far more interested in my CRs, RMs and YZs. Don't I wish I had the CCMs now...........
The forward foot positioning was downright weird to me, it drove me nuts when I rode them. The RH shift / LH brake were far less of a bother for me, as I never seemed to have a problem with that. . Ironically, with the forward FP mounting, giving you less leg bending, it would be a good thing for me now. ATKs too, were very much a forward mount, compared to other bikes of the same years.
I can't recall if the plates were welded on by Clews and Co - or, if they made the case molds from cases with welded on mounts. You can see either the welds or the 'echoing' of the welds from casting, on many CCM cases.
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