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Oct 2, 2016 - 10:26AM

Interesting 16H

I'm sure this bike has been seen on here but I thought it worth showing. The back wheel is clearly spinning.

But what looks like camouflage on the tank and primary case and either a canvas or painted saddle cover. Also the NiFe battery. Ron

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Paul Crisp

Oct 2, 2016 - 10:30AM

Re: Interesting 16H

Similar Camouflage on the brodie helmet.

Paul Crisp

Hussein lokman

Oct 2, 2016 - 11:11AM

Re: Interesting 16H

hi ron
Norton loves you my friend - it's worth withstand

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Sir Ewok

Oct 2, 2016 - 2:44PM

Re: Interesting 16H

I have this picture and one of the things that caught my eye was the French or Belgium helmets being worn....

Arnaud

Oct 2, 2016 - 3:20PM

Re: Interesting 16H

Hello all,
i've got also this picture, since a make the NIFE boxes, they are french helmets, this picture was taken during a military trial in France 1940, i've got pictures from the same trial with a TERROT RATT, and one other with RDTT, think BEF have lot of camouflage, like the french army have , but very rare to see it on solo motorcycle, the top of the headlamp glass also painted black, like some car on british territory use.

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Arnaud

Oct 2, 2016 - 4:09PM

Re: Interesting 16H

And that i learn how to post pics...

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Horror

Oct 3, 2016 - 1:22AM

Re: Interesting 16H

Ron Pier

Yes Ron, Rik's bike was camouflaged when he found it as well, looks good I think

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Ron Pier

Oct 3, 2016 - 7:24AM

Re: Interesting 16H

Horror)

Yes Ron, Rik's bike was camouflaged when he found it as well, looks good I think [8-)

I didn't know that

Ron

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Horror

Oct 3, 2016 - 6:08PM

Re: Interesting 16H

On the WD Norton website it showed Rik's bike when he was stripping it. He marked the camouflage and photographed it so he could paint it back the same. I'm sure he won't mind me posting a picture of his bike in camo paint

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Rik

Oct 3, 2016 - 7:29PM

Re: Interesting 16H

How can you be so sure ? I mind like hell !

It doesn't seem to have been the intention that motorcycles within the BEF be camouflaged but there are quite often similarities within units which suggest that instructions were sometimes interpreted differently.

2nd Infantry Division seem to have camouflaged motorcycles.