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Message started by pg on 02/26/17 at 16:20:43

Title: The bike that won the war!
Post by pg on 02/26/17 at 16:20:43

http://www.ridingvintage.com/2012/12/the-bike-that-won-war.html

Some great WW2 moto pictures.

Best regards,

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by jcstokes on 02/26/17 at 16:32:44

Very interesting pg. We never had those in NZ we did get a lot of 741B "Army" Indians, since I can't cut and paste, just Google Army Indian Motorcycle. Obviously there were British bikes here as well.

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Post by MMRanch on 02/26/17 at 19:29:03

Neat ! :)

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Post by Ruttly on 02/26/17 at 21:12:54

When men were men,no ear rings or man buns in that crowd !!!

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by jcstokes on 02/26/17 at 22:12:48

Ear rings and "manbuns"????, what ever they are, are for peace time. A nasty enemy might stick a bayonet in you ear rings, by mistake of course. He/she might do horrid things to your "manbuns" if he/she knows what they are or can find them. These things aren't "cool" are they?

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Post by gizzo on 02/27/17 at 02:35:30

http://www.manbunhairstyle.net/

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by jcstokes on 02/27/17 at 03:02:29

Thank you Gizzo, I had in fact already Googled them, so I now have an idea of what they are. This led to some historical thought regarding Ruttly's comments. In the nineteenth century manbuns or similar were worn by fierce, courageous and brutal Maori warriors in my country, during their fights with the British army, and the colonists. It should be pointed out that some Maori, manbunned or otherwise fought alongside the British. I wonder if manbuns were adopted by North American Indians during their wars with the settlers? In deference to Ruttly, I must state that no Maori soldiers wore manbuns in WW1, 2, Korea or Vietnam.

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by pg on 02/27/17 at 07:40:04

Wow, that is some thread drift.... WW2 motorcycles to man-buns. :-?

Best regards,

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by Ruttly on 02/27/17 at 10:14:25

Yeah I had no intentions of derailing this post that way

The topic terminator has stuck again ;D

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by HAPPYDAN on 02/27/17 at 10:59:40

Cool pix. When my Dad came back from the Philippines in 1945, they were selling new Harley Davidson 45s on the docks at San Diego for $50. Jeeps for $100. War surplus. Merchants in San Diego were paying premium prices for Nambu pistols and samurai swords.

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Post by Dave on 02/27/17 at 12:01:32

I thought it was tanks that won the war.....and bombs.....and fighter planes....and infantry!

No wonder Harley has become so popular! :)

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by pg on 02/27/17 at 15:57:00

66414040584D340 wrote:

The topic terminator has stuck again ;D

It appears so... ;D

Best regards,

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by jcstokes on 02/27/17 at 21:16:16

Dave, just to derail it further, it was various homo sapiens in or on the bikes, tanks, trucks, planes, ships, feet, subs and code rooms that won it.

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by Ruttly on 02/28/17 at 10:19:18

No it was little boy !!

Title: Re: The bike that won the war!
Post by jcstokes on 02/28/17 at 12:06:58

Fair enough Ruttly.

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Post by Ruttly on 02/28/17 at 15:11:15

In my book in ww2 was the largest gathering of heroes this world has ever seen ! They fought and won the war , little boy & fat man just finished it !