I know somebody who put that argument forward and now it holds a bit of weight but when they were first allowed in there was a full field of 80 plus bikes in the junior. So we’ve gained 30 CB K4 at the expense of 50 other bikes. Doesn’t sound so good like that!
Another couple of years and you will have a race of 20 CB like you have a race of 20 Suzuki’s in the lightweight.
If they had let them in to help prop up dropping numbers then fair enough but it didn’t seem to happen that way.

Nice idea old man but it would also mean excluding the Weslake’s. My problem with the Paton’s is what appears to be one rule for them and one for everyone else!
There were 4 valve heads made for Norton’s, Matchless’s, Ducati’s and Aermacchi’s in the period but you can’t run a replica of them because they were one off or made and raced by riders/owners/engineers and generally not available. Yet if you have a “factory” replica Paton a bike that there were only a 1 or 2 offs the 8 valves and not generally available that is allowed! Yet you can modify them so they don’t even look like the bikes they are supposed to be replica’s of. I know you could have changed fairing’s and seat etc easily in the period when they were originally raced but if your going to allow them on the basis that they are replica I think they should at least look like the original.
Personally I think if your going to allow the Paton’s to be a general replica that can be modified in any way within the rules then the same privileges should be allowed to replicas of other low number bikes or special heads etc so long as you can prove it was run somewhere within the period and have a few pictures so it can be roughly compared to the original.

Pack tonight travel tomorrow, I can’t wait.