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Aug 8, 2018 - 7:00PM

Re: white tip on mudguard

The white tip on the mudguard was for pedestrians and other vehicles to make them more visible during the blackout. I don't know if it was for convoy work but many civilian vehicles, including bicycles had the white visibility strips.

Ariel

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BSA

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Matchless

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Norton

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Couldn't find any RE or Velocette with white sections on their mudguards.....

Hope this helps.

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Rik

Aug 8, 2018 - 8:28PM

Re: white tip on mudguard

I don't think that the lower image of Australians in Syria shows a white 'blackout' edge to the mudguard, but is an extremely rare example of the application of the 'Caunter' disruptive scheme to motorcycles.

sir ewok

Aug 9, 2018 - 8:01PM

Re: white tip on mudguard

It is labelled as caunter scheme, but as most of them looked identical I thought it may be a white leading edge. The white section of vehicle mudguards would be illuminated by the blackout mask as it deflects the light downward......

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Ron Pier

Aug 10, 2018 - 9:02AM

Re: white tip on mudguard

The Caunter scheme which always seems a bit pointless on a motorcycle to me, usually involved three different colours, which would include a desert or stone colour for the middle east. Maybe those light patches are 'Stone' Ron

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sir ewok

Aug 10, 2018 - 6:34PM

Re: white tip on mudguard

I do believe you are right......

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