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Mystery Wheel

I had a photo of a recently acquired wheel which I had not been able to identify. Brian Langton of the Gulgong Vintage and Classic Motorcycle Club contacted me. He tells me that it is for a BSA B40 specifically made for the Australian Army. He owns one of these machines which he uses in the Anzac Day celebrations in which he wears his grandfather’s

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