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In the Vehicle park, Motorcycles on www.milweb.net we carry an advert with
pictures for the Chinese made replicas of the German WW2 bikes.
Regards, NIGE
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From: Brandon <c322348@yahoo.com>
To: Military Vehicles List <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 7:01 AM
Subject: [MV] BMW Motorcycle/fakes
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> >Can you really compare the two situations ?
>
> I think that there is a VERY valid comparison!!!!
>
> >On the one hand, you have two vehicles built by two different companies,
> >thirty years and three countries apart; on the other, you have the same
> >vehicle (excepting some purely military accessories, like the
> >Tarnscheinwerfer black-out lights) in continuous production by the same
> >maker since the war years
>
> The Russians have been producing essentially the same motorcycle since
1941
> in the same factory- almost 60 years of continuous production.....
>
> >And I notice Andreas is not trying to pass off his 1948 kettenkrad as a
> >war-time model.
>
> Of course, I am not trying to pass off my bike as war-time model either. I
> just wanted to take the opportunity to offer this vehicle to our esteemed
MV
> listers. A tenuous connection at best....but I had been looking for an
> excuse to mention it was for sale!
>
> >Kettenkrad is not a military definition, its the German for "tracked
> >motor-cycle", and can be used for post-war models as well as war-time
ones.
>
> I agree with the comments Jack Lee made on the subject. I'd much rather
have
> a good looking repro to use or reenact with rather than a display only
> vehicle that is too valuable to risk losing. Would you expect a collector
> that pays $40-60,000 USD for a motorcycle to go reenacting with it? I
> suppose some might, but I'll leave the rare and valuable originals to the
> serious (money is no object) collectors or museums.
>
> Although I didn't intend to start a controversy, I'm glad the list members
> are having a good discussion on the subject (and in the spirit for which
it
> was intended).
>
> Brandon
>
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