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  • The Classic MotorCycle

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    Feb 27, 2019 2 minutes
    Words: James Robinson

    As the airborne arm of the British military expanded rapidly from 1940 on, it was deemed necessary that a motorcycle be sought and supplied which could be dropped from an aircraft and provide troops with mobility once on the ground.

    The machine was to be small, solid, ready to go

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