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Tyke

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Very old bike, can anybody identify please ?
« on: January 16, 2008, 06:43:59 PM »
The picture shows my grandfather in about 1916, can anybody identify it please ?



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/scb0001.jpg
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Re: Very old bike, can anybody identify please ?
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 07:27:26 PM »
Its a pre ww1 Douglas 2 3/4 hp 'Two speeder' of the type used during the war by dipatch riders.
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Re: Very old bike, can anybody identify please ?
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 07:44:38 PM »
Fantastic, thanks very much. Now I can put a name to the photograph.
He must have nicked it from a dispatch rider for use whilst on leave in England !
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Re: Very old bike, can anybody identify please ?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2008, 04:31:33 PM »
It's a Bath registration. It was very common during the First World War to use one's own machine on military service. I like the 'gentleman's' stick stuck behind the tool bag. A lovely picture.

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