1941 Royal Enfield KX, Great Britain. "The last word in luxury motorcycles!" equipped with a powerful twin-cylinder, L-head, 1140-cc engine, a dry sump lubrication system and a 4-speed manual gearbox. #luxury #royalenfield #kx #luxurious #royal #lhead #ukbike #britishbike #english #england #1940s #r … baca lanjutannya ►
1940 Brough Superior SS80 Special, Great Britain. One of the most famous British motorcycles of the 1920s-30s equipped with an L-head Matchless engine. #broughsuperior #ss80 #special #bs #1000cc #brough #1940s #1940 #expensive #luxury #luxurious #britishbikes #ukbike #englishstyle #gb #vintagemotorc … baca lanjutannya ►
Happy New Year, dear subscribers! 🎄 Thank you for being with us! We wish you strong healh and pleasant rides in 2018! We love you! ❤️ С Новым Годом! #dedmoroz #santaclaus #snegurochka #newyear #1940s #history #military #army #motorcycle #instabike #vintage #vintagemotorcycle #cla … baca lanjutannya ►
1947 M-73 (ohv). Unique Soviet motorcycle equipped with a sidecar wheel drive and an experimental OHV engine. #750cc #ww2 #worldwar2 #uralbike #russianmotorcycle #1940s #history #military #army #sovietarmy #ural #uralmotorcycle #instabike #instamoto #antique #vintagemotorcycle #classic #retrobike #v … baca lanjutannya ►
1946 Moto Guzzi GTV 500, Italy. This high-speed single-cylinder 500 cc model has a big diameter external flywheel, overhead valve train and a spring rear wheel suspension (suspension springs are located under the engine). #motoguzzi #gtv #500cc #italianstyle #italianmotorcycle #redbike #singlecylin … baca lanjutannya ►
1943 Monark Albin M/42. Swedish army motorcycle that had been on service for 20 years after the end of production. #monark #albin #m42 #500cc #swedish #motorcykel #motorcycle #motorbike #1940s #1943 #army #military #swedisharmy #worldwar2 #worldwarii #ww2 #classicmachine #motorrad #instamoto #bikest … baca lanjutannya ►
1941 Indian 841, USA. The machine, designed especially for combat operations in North Africa. #ww2 #worldwar2 #indian #usa #1940s #russia #samara63 #history #motorcycle #instabike #instamoto #vintage #classic #retromotorcycle #awesomebike #motosofwar #antique #motor #motorcycles #indianbike #vtwin # … baca lanjutannya ►
1944 Universal A1000, Switzerland. The model had a 990-cc, V-shape, twin-cylinder engine, a 3-speed gearbox with manual switching mechanism and a sturdy and reliable front fork of parallelogram type, a left-side sidecar and a spare wheel mounted at the front of the sidecar. #universal #condor #switz … baca lanjutannya ►
1940 Harley-Davidson EL of the U.S. Navy, equipped with a legendary "knucklehead" engine. #harleydavidson #HD #el #1940s #1940 #motoharley #knucklehead #dream #vintagemotorcycle #classicmotorcycle #1000cc #vintage #classic #antique #motorrad #usbike #americanmotorcycle #navy #military #awesome #oldh … baca lanjutannya ►
1942 Gilera Marte SWD, Italy. Designers kept the engine of the LTE model, but raised its ratio of compression to 5:1 and got the increase in power to 14 h.p. However, if the engine was similar, the transmission mechanism was completely different. The first change was that the altered transmission c … baca lanjutannya ►
1940 Indian Four, USA. Indian 440, the model of 1940, incorporated all changes in the setup of the motorcycles in the series, developed by Indian engineers led by Arthur Lemon. Significant modifications were as follows: heavier frame, two-part fuel tank,five-point support of the crankshaft, twin-cas … baca lanjutannya ►
Riding 1944 М-73 (sv), USSR, the first Soviet motorcycle with a sidecar wheel drive. #worldwar2 #madeinussr #russianbike #1940s #1944 #history #military #army #motorcycle #ural #uralmotorcycle #instabike #instamoto #antique #vintagemotorcycle #classicride #retroride #motorworld #vintageride #sidec … baca lanjutannya ►
1944 Moto Guzzi Trialce three-wheeler equipped with Breda 37 machine gun. The 20-mm anti-aircraft cannons that were installed on the Trialce flatbed made these motorcycles into formidable combat units. When Italian military had been engaged in Northern Africa, they were taken by surprise many times … baca lanjutannya ►
1940 Gillet Herstal 720 AF. Belgian military motorcycle with the driven sidecar, the version for the French Army. The model was outfitted with a twin-cylinder, in-line, 2-stroke, vertical-type engine, and since plant engineers had acquired enough experience in designing 2-stroke engines by that time … baca lanjutannya ►
1940 Ariel Square Four, Great Britain. This is one of the most charismatic British motorcycles created after the global economic crisis of the 1930s. The combination of its 4-cylinder engine with its 996-cc capacity resulted in a unique motorcycle that was in a class of its own because such a combin … baca lanjutannya ►
1942 Gilera Mercurio, Italy. The prototype was the LTE model with its L-head, 499-cc, 10-h.p. motor. A cargo platform with wooden sideboards was affixed to the motorcycle frame right behind the driver seat. This modification featured a cardan drive and all-metal wheels. The transmission had 4 speeds … baca lanjutannya ►
1944 Zündapp KS750, Germany. At the end of the 1930s a motorcycle model KS 750 was developed by Zündapp Werke GmbH plant in Nuremberg and accepted by the Wehrmacht. It was designed for off-road rides over a very rough terrain and, as such, had higher off-road capacity and manoeuvrability; it was a … baca lanjutannya ►
1945 Harley-davidson U, USA. Around 2100 units of Series U motorcycles in various modifications were delivered to the US army over the period from 1938 to 1945. The total number of motorcycles in this series manufactured over 12 years of their production, from 1937 to 1949, was 33129 units. #harleyd … baca lanjutannya ►
1941 Royal Enfield KX, Great Britain. Model KX was, in principle, an improved version of a practically ideal machine, Model K, that had a motor of smaller capacity—996-cc. In addition, Model KX was provided with interchangeable tires. The solo version could achieve 130 km/h boasting of fuel consum … baca lanjutannya ►
1940 Brough Superior SS80 Special, Great Britain. In 1935, a new version of the SS80 equipped with a Matchless engine was made available to the public. The SS80 with a new engine was released in two versions: a standard one was identified with the “Special” prefix, and another with the “De Lux … baca lanjutannya ►
1947 M-73 (ohv), USSR. In order to determine an advantage of the sidecar wheel drive, the off-road capability of M-73 has been compared to M-72 (there were two test runs: with sidecar wheel drive on and off) and BMW R-75. BMW R-75 showed the best results excluding the boggy test on which M-73 was a … baca lanjutannya ►
1946 Moto Guzzi GTV 500, Italy. All vehicles manufactured by Moto Guzzi were distinguishable. This model is not an exception. In 1934, Guzzi has started manufacturing of the V model, the most typical model in the 500 cc class. Once the V was equipped with a compliant suspension for the rear wheel, i … baca lanjutannya ►
According to the classification of that time, OHV machines were called sports vehicles, and their light-weight, boosted versions intended for competitions were called racing bikes. The road version of the M-75 did not, however, make it to batch production, so that all subsequent work was done foir t … baca lanjutannya ►
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