James_Death Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi All, Having been to the Scarbrough castle WW2 event and the festival of history. I would like to get into the enactment a little and as I'm a biker i would appreciate any advice on the future purchase of a WW1 but preferably a WW2 dispatch bike what are the options for allied and axis. Thank you all for your time and all the best, James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi James, welcome to the Forum... stick to WW2 unless you have very deep pockets... I'm sure you will get plenty of advice on bikes on here.. if you are after advice on getting in to reenactment I suggest you join the WW2 Reenacting Forum http://wwiireenacting.co.uk/forum/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joris Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi James, welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi James Welcome to here, look around and come back :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi James, Welcome. I'll second safariswings comment, re wwiireenacting forum;.........there are a few of us on both of these. :-) options, certainly wwii bikes wise, are . British, Norton 16H 500cc, BSA B30 350cc and M20 500cc, Ariel W/NG 350cc Royal Enfield WD/RE 125cc and WD/C 350cc, not forgetting Matchless G3 350cc, and Triumph 3SW 350cc.................Quite possibly others as well. ;-) American. Harley WLA and Indian. German, BMW R12 and Zundapp KS750, both 750cc, DKW NZ350 350cc and NSU 251 250cc. there are quite a few 'BMW combo's', on the show scene,..........some genuine and some based on the latter Russian Ural/Denipr models,......themselves copied from captured BMW/Zundapp machines. Cor,.........................my brain hurts, now....................... :-D All the best, Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Hi James Welcome to green-land, where the members are all nuts - except me. Who said that - I did - thats ok then. :shake: Markheliops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Daymond Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 HI James, welcome, everyone is really friendly on here :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Death Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 Thank you all for the welcome, Also the link great stuff. Thank you LeeEnfield for some bike details appreciated. Thanks again and all the ebst, james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Hi. I would diasagree that WW1 bikes are much cheaper than WW2 (unless you are buying a Ural). Not many people are interested in the WW1 stuff, but i would think that you could find something restored for about £5K to £6K which is less than a WW2 Harley Davidson it would seem. Tim (too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Hi. I would diasagree that WW1 bikes are much cheaper than WW2 ..... Tim (too) Hi Tim, I was referring to to reenacting side rather than the purchase of a bike... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G506 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Hi James, welcome to the mad house! Im a Triumph man through and through, so Im probably biased, but my two recommendations on the WW2 range would be a Triumph 3HW (350cc single overhead valve), or BSA M20 (500cc single sidevalve), the Triumph is lighter and faster, the BSA is reliable and solid, and parts arent too bad to source. The Norton 16H is along similar lines to the BSA, but not too many examples around. Ariel WN/Gs are lovely, but again fairly scarce. A lot of people like the Matchless G3L 350, generally regarded as the best handling Brit army bike of ww2, personally I really dont like them, but thats just my opinion! If you are seriously considering buying WW2 Brit iron, shop around, get lots of opinions from different people, do your research, blah blah blah, but, dont leave it too long............. for years values were really low, the last couple of years they have been increasing in price. Hope this helps, and good luck with it! G506 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Hi Tim, I was referring to to reenacting side rather than the purchase of a bike... :-D Oh yes, i see that now. Whoops. Anyway, i got my comment twisted. I would think that a WW1 Triumph would be cheaper than a WW2 Harley. But a WW2 BSA would be cheaper than a Harley and a WW1 Triumph. Confused! I am. :? Tim (two) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James_Death Posted August 17, 2007 Author Share Posted August 17, 2007 Thanks again for the pointers, It will be brit iron im sure. Ural is tempting though. All the ebst, james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Thanks again for the pointers, It will be brit iron im sure. Ural is tempting though. All the ebst, james Ural/denipr's ARE great fun. :-D :-D esp the sidecar version with the driven s/car wheel......................Oh, and don't forget REVERSE GEAR,............ :whistle: Pretty dam good, off road, as well,...........well all the time they can find traction and keeping out of deepish ruts............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 369 Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 forget the foriegn tat buy a good old British m20 slow thirsty heavy but great fun to ride easy spares and watching the girder forks bounce will keep you entertained for hours but then again I am easily pleased Nigel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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