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Identify these bikes! / Re: Help required!
« on: February 21, 2012, 08:40:04 PM »
Thanks again for all your efforts.

Yes, it's a bit of a puzzler isn't it?

What I have been trying is putting 'uk veteran motorcycle' and then using various permutations of letters and wild cards into Google but so far nothing.

What about the other logo to the left? It looks like a roundel with a scroll over the top and something more straightforward underneath. Any clues there?

Regards,

Ludek  8)

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Help required!
« on: February 20, 2012, 09:26:43 PM »
This is all very impressive - many thanks to everyone that's contributed.

Firstly, the gent in the picture came from the Middlesex area of London so that ties up nicely - the reason I thought perhaps this picture was on the south coast is that it is among a set taken on a family holiday - although he may well have ridden the bike there!

Secondly my apologies for the standard of the picture. I know many forums have rules on picture sizes so I did limit my first attempt so as not to annoy the administrator!

So here is my next attempt. I've scanned it at 4800dpi and tried to enhance the contrast as much as possible. The problem is with the film stock. I'm scanning from the original negative which is tiny and at this resolution I'm picking up some grain which isn't helping.



Anyway, I hope this helps. (Click to enlarge)

Thanks again,

Ludek  8)

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Help required!
« on: February 19, 2012, 09:27:55 PM »
Hello LAB and thanks for the prompt reply.

I'm not sure exactly where the photo was taken but knowing the family history I would say definitely the UK and probably the south coast somewhere.

The guy on the bike was a bit of a racer in his youth so this may even have been some sort of 'special' that he concocted himself but there is a distinct logo on the tank which for the life of me I can't make out.

It looks a bit like 'Barnett' which led me to think of Francis Barnett so could this be a 175cc JAP powered version which Wikipedia tells me came out around 1929?

It all fits but the logo doesn't look like the pictures I have found and there are some slight design differences...so I'm not sure.

Regards,

Ludek

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Identify these bikes! / Help required!
« on: February 19, 2012, 08:13:42 PM »
Hello All,  :)

Non-biker who needs some help here...

Can anyone identify this bike for me please?

The picture was taken perhaps late 1920's early 1930's.



(Click on the image for larger version)

I've tried to see what's on the tank and I've tried browsing various picture sites without and success so I'm hoping there's an expert here who can put me out of my misery!

Thanks for looking,

Ludek  8)


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