Military Vehicles, July 1996,: Re: Military Bikes

Re: Military Bikes

Colin Brookes (Colin@h-bplan.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 23 Jul 1996 19:21:43 +0100

In message <96072309391584@esis.esrin.esa.it>, "Paul Wakefield - System
Manager (SERCO) X492" <pwakefie@esis.esrin.esa.it> writes
>Hi Gents,
>
> I totally lost the thread on this one !!! I thought we were talking
>about military _MOTOR_ bikes not bicycles !
>
>There seems to be a large interest over here in Italy in military motorcycles,
>there was a rally about 3 weeks ago in Tivoli (near Rome), where around 30 bikes
>(mostly WW2) were displayed and prizes presented etc.
>
>I could be tempted into buying one of these beasts, but I know virtually nothing
>about military motorcycles, how about a quick run-down of the popular models,
>say of WW2......Any takers ?
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul Wakefield.
>

Hi Paul,

The most popular military motorcycles, not necesarily in this order
are.... WW2...BSA M20, Norton 16H, Harley WLA, BMW R75.
Post-war...Bombadier Can-Am, Triumph TRW, BSA B40, Armstrong.

We had 183 military motorcycles at the 'War & Peace show', Beltring,
last week-end. From a 1915 BSA Machine-gun corps combination, to Cushman
and welbike para-bikes, to the latest Armstrong.

Colin Brookes
Invicta Military Vehicle Preservationists (IMPS)
colin@h-bplan.demon.co.uk