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Old 07-01-11 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by v8Sally
I think the one on my bike is a FG but it only says F.... I assume some of the stampings "missed" as the "0" of 60 is only half there too. Dating the frame it is a 61 bike, but the hubs etc would have come off a shelf and could have been older? I didn't realise that was rare, I thought all the Superbes had dyno hubs? I bet it's not as rare as the SW hub on my 1959 BSA Star rider!
The newer Superbe's had front dyno hubs, at least the ones that were sold in the US.

I don't think the FG and AG are rare, but they aren't as common as the AW hubs with the GH6 dyno hubs in the front. I checked my culch pile and there are 3 AG hubs in there and a FW that has bad internals, along with quite a few AW's and parts for more. Most of my stuff is 1970-1980, except for the FG hub it is older.

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