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.
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......
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