Tom Dalton wrote:
"I mean, it is common sense, but did you ever see a bike mechanic with a grease gun before the 1990's? I first started seeing grease guns when the WTB Grease Guard stuff came out in the late 80's. "
The Harden hub has a fitting that works with the same grease gun used for contemporary British motorcycles. I haven't tried Zerk gun. It clearly was designed for grease gun use. To me, one of the fun things about bikes has been watching the repeated reinvention of the wheel - in some cases rather literally. The Data Book gives lots of other examples.
harvey sachs mclean (and I forgot to add that on the prior message, don't evict me please) va