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 ►
Vyacheslav Sheyanov riding 1942 Harley-Davidson XA, USA. By 1941 German engineers have already learned that the exposed chain drive gets quickly disabled under desert conditions and that using shaft drives is the only way to reliability. This why John Nowak, XA’s designer, decided to apply Wehrmac … 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 ►
1942 Gilera Marte SWD, Italy. Designers kept the engine of the Gilera 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 transmis … 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 ►
1942 Excelsior Welbike MK2, Great Britain. Known colloquially as the “parascooter”, the Excelsior Welbike was one of the smallest military motorcycles produced and was certainly among the smallest military vehicles of World War II. It was designed with the intention of being air-dropped alongsid … baca lanjutannya ►
1942 Harley-Davidson XA, USA 🇺🇸. The motorcycle that was designed especially for combat operations in harsh desert conditions. #harleydavidson #harley #ww2 #worldwar2 #usbike #history #bmwstyle #instabike #rarebikes #vintagemachine #antique #retromotors #awesome #bikersofinstagram #motosofwar … baca lanjutannya ►
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