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#362455 - 02/09/2014 00:38 Rubbing the Motorcycle
snowcrash
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Registered: 11/07/2013
Posts: 65
A buddy on a barge somewhere in France wants to know what this bike is. Looks like a single, sorta like a BSA. A definitive judgement?


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#362456 - 02/09/2014 01:52 Re: Rubbing the Motorcycle [Re: snowcrash]
larry818
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Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1033
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
I think it's a DKW. At least it's a two stroke.

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#362460 - 02/09/2014 14:08 Re: Rubbing the Motorcycle [Re: larry818]
snowcrash
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Registered: 11/07/2013
Posts: 65
Thanks! That looks right. Searching on "DKW military motorcyle" shows a lot of examples.

http://www.motorcycles-motorbikes.com/picture/number952.asp

I remember seeing quirky DKW cars on the streets of Germany in the early 70s, but did not know (if you can trust Wikipedia) that DKW was at one point the biggest producer of motorcycles at the world.*

* that could mean they produced 36 out of 70, I suppose....

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#362461 - 02/09/2014 17:56 Re: Rubbing the Motorcycle [Re: snowcrash]
larry818
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Registered: 01/10/2002
Posts: 1033
Loc: Fullerton, Calif.
That looks like nearly the same bike, just with a more primitive front end.

The head design is unusual, only other DKWs look similar.

They probably were the biggest producer of bikes during WWII, when they were using Auschwitz prisoners to make them.

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#362463 - 04/09/2014 02:08 Re: Rubbing the Motorcycle [Re: larry818]
snowcrash
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Registered: 11/07/2013
Posts: 65
Doggone reality. Yup.

I see some news attention this year to Auto Union:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10858063/Audi-used-Nazi-slave-labour.html

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