Brilliant BEagle - a lovely dissertation on the superiority of British engineering!
Similar to Pommy motor-cycles of the era. I could never figure out why the foot-brake was the same side as the clutch and the gears were the same side as the front-brake (hand-brake on the throttle stem).
These days there are all sorts of warnings by the nanny state to protect idiots from themselves. Given the total illogicality of the British HMI of the day, surely something like 'do not operate this machine if you drink
VB' would have been appropriate!
Gas still sucks and I have just cocooned the old girl after her 30th year of faithful service. She'll be back as good as gold after we suffer through another freezing winter.