"Mys Terry" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 May 2006 02:46:51 GMT, "Maxprop" wrote:

Tools are SAE, but our system of numbers is referred to as British. SAE
tools are numbered in the British fashion.

Yes, our tools are numbered in the "british fashion" of fractions, but the
Brits
are expressing metric sizes using fractions, while we are using the inch.

The Brits abandoned their various systems in favor of the metric system
decades ago.

If you
needed to work on a 1954 BSA Golden Flash, you would need a set of
WHITWORTH
wrenches and sockets. Neither a metric or American SAE set would fit
properly.

Thankfully I don't own a BSA from that vintage. However I did have an early
60s conglomerate (built from a variety of parts from various years) BSA Gold
Star flattracker, but that was all metric.

Max