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Radek...it looks very similar...however Im no expert...suggest you ask Richard Farrant...have you received the parcel of austin marked tools yet!regards malcolm
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12-05-08, 16:20
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 But i am still in job, maybe is something at home.  I would like wisit the shop for your Zill parts this weak. Know you something about Rob. Friends told me that they haven´t contact for 1/2 year.Radek P.S.: this weakend we will have battle (german X allies) maybe come two T34. I will post pictures. 
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Radek...which Rob do you mean...is it Rob van Meel...regards malcolm
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Hi Malcolm, I am no expert on sidecars either  .......have had motorcycles for many years but have never had an interest in sidecars, sorry that I cannot help Radek.
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With the exception of the sidecar wheel drive Norton outfits with either chair or box, the British Army don't seem to have used many sidecars. I have a few pictures of Nortons 16Hs and BSA WM20s with chairs and the chassis doesn't look like either of those.
The bike in your picture has obviously been much modified. Are those Matchless Teledraulic forks ? I'm not sure that I've ever seen evidence of contracts for Royal Enfields with sidecars. Do you have access to the Engine / Frame numbers ? Jan Vandevelde will be able to tell you how it left the factory. Rich
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Hi Radek,
To my knowledge, no WD/CO was ever sold to the Army with a sidecar. Norton has made sidecars for the forces: I have seen pictures of 16H models with a box sidecar, and of course the Big 4 had a sidecar with a driven wheel. But these chassis don't look like the one on your picture. I've heard stories about BSA M20's with a Swallow sidecar, but haven't got any pictures unfortunately... But if my memory serves my right, Henk Joore (the BSA M20 website webmaster) is busy with such a project. I'll ask him if he knows if this is a BSA sidecar... By the way, would you have the frame and engine numbers from this bike for my register please? I have already found a few in Poland, all of them ex-RAF bikes... Regards, Jan
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12-05-08, 22:56
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Never seen a picture of a WM20 with a sidecar Chaps ? Here's one from an old Vanderveen book. The body looks to be the same as seen fitted to 500 Nortons but the chassis is clearly different.
 This is Norton's variation on the theme. Not a very clear image of the chassis but you can see the mudguard support which acted as an outrigger.  Rich
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12-05-08, 23:58
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British bikes with sidecar
Any one know what the British bikes are
 bike sidecar.jpg email.jpg bike sidecar 2.jpg email.jpg Original Photos from my collection
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