WW1 Motorcycles galore

[Rlangham]

Some Sunbeam's from todays Vintage Motorcycle Club Banbury Run

 

 

 

The above two photos show a 1916 Sunbeam 8hp 1000cc - only known survivor of a batch of similar machines ordered by the Imperial Russian Army for delivery in 1916, however due to the revolution it was never delivered, so the WD had it instead

 

 

Another 1916 Sunbeam, this time a 3 1/2hp machine. The tank has three compartments, for petrol, paraffin and oil. When the engine gets hot enough, it switches from petrol to paraffin.

 

 

 

 

The above three photos show a really special machine - a 1915 Sunbeam 3 1/2 hp, originally property of 11 Squadron RFC, as the plaque on the back shows. It's up for auction by Bonhams in September, estimated for £12,000-£15,000

 

Various Triumphs

 

 

 

The above two actually show a 1919 dated Triumph LW Junior

 

 

Triumph model H

 

 

Triumph model SD (think this may be a slightly post war model)

[Rlangham]

 

1914 Triumph model C

 

And to finish off, some Douglas machines

 

 

 

1918 Douglas 2 3/4 350cc, which saw service as a despatch riders motorcycle in WW1

 

 

1914 Douglas 2 3/4 TT 350cc - ridden from Lands End to John O' Groats last year with no breakdowns!

[Tony B]

Point of detail. It was not parrafin, at the time the stuff was called T.V.O. tractor Vapourising Oil. it is slightly thicker than Parrafin, more like the 'Lamp oil you buy. At that time refining was not as efficent as now and some 'Lamp Oil' had the lighter fractions, ie petrol still in it, so lamps exploded with monotonus regularity. As refining developed the remanider, became TVO.

[Great War truck]

Fantastic pictures. I wish i had gone now. Oh well, next year.

 

Tim (too)

[Enigma]

Now that's something you don't see often.

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