It has the double fork of an NSU, but it different.
I could be anything.. Lithuania was german until 1918, then independent. the photo is probably from before the russians occupied Lithuanian territory in 1940...
hence...
it could be a polish, german, or russian motorbike.
BUT NO CIGAR!! I have been looking at IZH Dnjepr and others, nothing even close. Lots of british bikes with girder fork (Parallelogramm-Gabel in german !!?)
>> Also, Motosacoche was a Swiss company that licensed motorcycles >> resembling NSU's that were sold all over Europe and Britain.
> cool! I googled, and yes...looks similar!
> BUT NO CIGAR!! I have been looking at IZH Dnjepr and others, nothing > even close. > Lots of british bikes with girder fork (Parallelogramm-Gabel in > german !!?)
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On Sep 11, 6:27 am, "J. Anderson" <anderso...@inbox.lv> wrote:
> >> Is that a polar bear painted on the door of the truck behind the bike? > >between 1925 and 1935. The army would be the national Lithuanian one. > It's probably the white bull of > Kaunas:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kasp_kauno_rinktine.jpg > Kaunas was at that time the temporary capital of Lithuania (Vilnius being > occupied by the Poles).
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OK, I'm not sure it's a twin, actually. That appears to be a single downtube frame, and the visible cylinder is mounted right behind it, on the centre line. The finning on the right-hand "cylinder" does not go down so far. It may be something else - not a cylinder.
Vertical twins were incredibly rare pre-war. There was Triumph and.... what else?
It's much much more likely to be a single.
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) saying something like:
>OK, I'm not sure it's a twin, actually. That appears to be a single >downtube frame, and the visible cylinder is mounted right behind it, on >the centre line. The finning on the right-hand "cylinder" does not go >down so far. It may be something else - not a cylinder.
That's possibly finning over the exhaust port and it rings a bell with me. Fecked if I can recall what on, though.
> OK, I'm not sure it's a twin, actually. That appears to be a single > downtube frame, and the visible cylinder is mounted right behind it, on > the centre line. The finning on the right-hand "cylinder" does not go > down so far. It may be something else - not a cylinder.
> Vertical twins were incredibly rare pre-war. There was Triumph and.... > what else?
> It's much much more likely to be a single.
I'm sure it's a big sidevalve single and that's just finning on the exhaust port. It's also got a narrow ribbed crankcase, too narrow for a twin. Definitely a flathead, possibly aluminium and '40s I'd say. Forks look like old Norton 16H
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote: > finning over the exhaust port
Ta!
OILY wrote
> a big sidevalve single > just finning on the exhaust port. > It's also got a narrow ribbed crankcase, > too narrow for a twin. > Definitely a flathead, possibly aluminium > and '40s I'd say. Forks look like old Norton 16H
Thanks for that!!
The photo is almost cetainly 1930s unoccupied Kaunas in Lithuania.
You are getting points for 05 - correct country of manufacture of the engine 10 - correct country of manufacture of the bike 15 - correct company name 20 - correct model 25 - correct year of manufacture
Any suggestions what the 1st 2nd and 3rd prices could be?
