When I bought my CBX many years ago - with that hideous Elvis themed paint job, I got two spare petrol tanks with it. One was a virtually perfect example, just ripe for re-finishing. The other was this Perseus Silver rust free one with Mike Hailwood sign written on it. The unverified story I was told was that when the bikes were launched, Phil Read, A.N. OTHER and Mike Hailwood were given bikes for a lap of the TT course and I have very vague recollections of that. However, one of the mechanics decked Mike's bike, with tank damage and more.
Mel Watkins - the CBX guru has no memory or record of this and I contacted Roger Etcell who was about to go away somewhere but never got back to me.
Does anyone have any recollections of this story? I'm sure there was once a pic of the 3 riders on these bikes - perhaps in MCN but have so far failed to unearth it.
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This is the tank I still have
Ian
