Post by LeicesterTiger on Sept 22, 2009 22:28:45 GMT
Here are two original photographs from my personal collection, each dating from the First World War
This first one, from a photograph dated 28th February 1916, is a Douglas 2 3/4hp machine, 350cc. This was a very common Despatch Rider motorcycle and appears in a lot of photographs - during the First World War, Douglas, based in Kingswood, Bristol, produced over 70,000 motorcycles for the military. This shows the same type of Douglas that Ron, our group's Despatch Rider, is currently restoring.
This nice photograph shows a Douglas 4hp 600cc motorcycle combination, fitted with a Douglas sidecar. The straight front forks (compare it with the angled ones on the 2 3/4hp) show that it is, at earliest, a 1916 built motorcycle.
This first one, from a photograph dated 28th February 1916, is a Douglas 2 3/4hp machine, 350cc. This was a very common Despatch Rider motorcycle and appears in a lot of photographs - during the First World War, Douglas, based in Kingswood, Bristol, produced over 70,000 motorcycles for the military. This shows the same type of Douglas that Ron, our group's Despatch Rider, is currently restoring.
This nice photograph shows a Douglas 4hp 600cc motorcycle combination, fitted with a Douglas sidecar. The straight front forks (compare it with the angled ones on the 2 3/4hp) show that it is, at earliest, a 1916 built motorcycle.
