A friend has a Cota 348 that has an integral aluminium bash plate in lieu of the frame rails. Does anyone know if any 348 models came out like this? please.

The Cota 348 Trials models all had frame tubes under the engine but later there was a Cota 348 Trail model that used a frame very similar or the same as the Cota 349 Trials model which has the alloy bashplate instead of frame tubes

I now think I got that the wrong way around in my previous posting.

I now reckon that they used leftover Cota 348 frames to make the Cota 348 Trail after they started making Cota 349s, so no, I don't know of any 348 model that came standard with an alloy bashplate instead of tubes under the motor

 

Thanks David, It's sounding like the frame has either been modified by a previous owner or is possibly a 349 frame. I don't know what his frame number is, so cannot do any reference checking.