1939 Gillet Herstal 720 AB, Belgium. One of the best off-road machines of the WW2. #worldwar2 #ww2 #gillet #herstal #history #belgian #belgisch #motorcycle #motorrad #instabike #instamoto #rarebikes #vintage #vintagemotorcycle #antique #offroad #motorworld #samara63 #summerbike #sidecar #motorvehicl … baca lanjutannya ►
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 ►
1938 Zündapp K 800-W. The military version was especially favored by soldiers, but this model had the following drawback: spark plugs got often fouled due to the undercooling of rear cylinders. The Wehrmacht had in its inventory around 550 K 800 model units. It was and still is the only four-cylind … baca lanjutannya ►
1939 Kurogane Type 95, Japan. Kurogane equipped with a 1260 cc engine has been dubbed the “two-storey bike” due to its size and a clearance of 20 cm, which was quite a challenge for the short statured Japanese. Kurogane Type 95 were supposedly used for conveyance of officers owing to the motorcy … baca lanjutannya ►
1932 Rene Gillet H 350, France. This machine was marketed as a touring bike, which could provide an incredible level of comfort for a rider and a passenger. And with a sidecar it could turn out to an ideal touring vehicle for the whole family. #renegillet #motofrancaise #frenchbike #prewar #restorat … baca lanjutannya ►
1945 M-80, USSR. One оf the first Soviet sports motorcycles of the post-war era. Several samples of M-80 were manufactured, and they participated in competitions in the late 1940s (some remaining photographs bear evidence of this fact). In the summer of 1947 a famous racer Yevgueni Gringaut, the US … baca lanjutannya ►
1935 BSA G14, Great Britain. The frame of G14 was very special. Its base was made of forged steel and had impressive 16 kg of weight. The top part and the seat part of the frame were also forged. Forged steel is very rarely used in motorcycle design, with the exception of connecting rods, perhaps, e … baca lanjutannya ►
1938 Sokół 1000 (CWS M111), Poland. The motorcycle was produced using almost exclusively local parts (only 5% of spares were imported), and it maintained its high quality level during the whole production period. Every tenth motorcycle was thoroughly tested prior to its shipment to the buyer (all … baca lanjutannya ►
1960 M-52S, USSR. Manufacturing of M-52S, a road racing model, has started in 1957. This machine had an M-77 chassis; the front fork was equipped with an M-52 wheel axle displaced forward. The engine was an upgraded mass produced M-52 engine. As for the speed performance, the bike was equal to the l … baca lanjutannya ►
1941 Zündapp KS 600, Germany. Zündapp's evolution stage on the way to KS 750 creation. A new exhibit in the collection of Motorworld by V.Sheyanov. #zundapp #wehrmacht #ww2 #worldwar2 #germanmotorcycles #history #ww2history #instabike #vintage #vintagemotorcycle #classic #retro #ks600 #germanarmy … baca lanjutannya ►
1939 Kurogane Type 95, Japan. The motorcycle hosted in the collection was produced in Japan in 1939 and intended for the Japanese elite. After the War, it was lost (most probably, it was shipped by sea to USA by a Yankee soldier), found in California in 1960 and hidden from the whole world for 30 y … 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 ►
1926 BMW R32. First motorcycle produced by BMW under the BMW name. Max Fritz, chief engineer of BMW, was personally involved in developing the new motorcycle. He was giving it his full attention and all of his time: he even had a drafting board in his house. Within a month, practically from scratch … 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 ►
1937 René Gillet 750 Model G, France. The specially designed soft suspension by René Gillet was offering an unsurpassed driving comfort. Motorcycles on which it was installed were mostly purchased by tourists and travel enthusiasts. The military version of the René Gillet 750 still used the rigid … 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 ►
1930 Tornax III-30, Germany. The first twin-cylinder Tornax motorcycle was model III/30 produced in 1930. It had an L-head, 996-cc, 26 h.p. engine. The manufacturer claimed that it could achieve a maximum speed of 130 km/h which made the motorcycle one of the fastest in the world. At special order t … 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 ►
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 ►
1946 Gilera Marte, Italy. Engine construction of the civilian version of one of the best Italian motorcycles of the World War II. #ww2 #worldwar2 #gilera #marte #italianbikes #history #moto #instabike #instamoto #rarebikes #vintage #motorcycleengine #vintagemotorcycle #antique #motomania #milano #mo … baca lanjutannya ►
1937 BSA G14, Great Britain. Despite the fact that G14 was supplied in its solo version, its main task was to act as a workhorse that is to transport heavy loads in the sidecar. The powerful engine was providing comfortable riding conditions for the driver, even across a rough terrain. In the 1930s … baca lanjutannya ►
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