Spood Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Nearly finished giving my Armstrong MT500 a spruce up, (that would be "major project" ). Apparently the bike was from a REME unit in Germany and I was wondering if there should be any markings of any kind on it. Despite doing a lot of searching online I can't find any useful info. Anybody got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 What is the source of the information that leads you to think it has a REME past? MERLIN report would be nice. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spood Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Hi Robin The chap I bought it off was told this when he got it from the dealer LMS in Lichfield (still a main dealer for MT parts). Not 100% I know that's why I said apparently. It has got the right hand sidestand which I think indicates it was used in mainland Europe, but I may be wrong. Doesn't seem to be much info out there at all. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold_War_Collection Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Hi Robin The chap I bought it off was told this when he got it from the dealer LMS in Lichfield (still a main dealer for MT parts). Not 100% I know that's why I said apparently. It has got the right hand sidestand which I think indicates it was used in mainland Europe, but I may be wrong. Doesn't seem to be much info out there at all. Don Hi Don, a report, if you can dig it up, would be the best idea as Robin has indicated, its a bit of work but well worth it for the Provedance. Bikes are tough as they ended up all over the place, and spent much of their time not being used. I have a Canadian MT-500, and it has the side stand on the right as well, as they all did until Hardley Dangerous took it over, so that fact may be a bit miss-leading. In doing some marking reserch on my own, I did see a number of pictures of UK MT's , and the markings vary quite a bit. Most have the Union Jack on the forward fender, but after that, its quite a mix, some with TAC signs, some with SIGS blue and white squares, some with just numbers drawn on the tank. I was VERY fortunate with mine, as it had a servicing tag affixed to the frame under the fuel tank, showing its parent unit (1 Can. Div. Sigs. HQ) SoS in 1998 Good Luck! Cheers Nick CWC Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spood Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks Nick, what was the source of the photos please as I can't seem to find any like that. I will have a look at getting the report. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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