Motorbike Collection (#11)

Royal Engineers badge, Signal Company Despatch Rider
Motorbike badge, Royal Engineers 1914-1918 Signal Company Despatch Rider. Commemorative Ware. Date: 1914-1918

Belgian motorcycle despatch rider, 1914
A Belgian motorcycle despatch rider just manages to outpace a group of German Uhlans on horseback in a moonlight encounter. Date: 1914

Alan Fraser on BSA Bantam D10L motorcycle in 1967 at Cosawes Caravan Park. Date: 1967

Goldie Fraser on Velocette L. E. motorcycle, reg. No. 460 BAF
Goldie Fraser on Velocette L.E. motorcycle, reg. No. 460 BAF

Anthony Wilding on a motorcycle tour of the UK
Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding, New Zealand-born tennis player and Wimbledon champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. Wilding was also a keen motorist and motorcyclist

The Open Road in Italy by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouette vignettes showing the various modes of transport encountered on the open road in Italy during World War One, captured by the silhouette artist, Captain H. L

Motor machine guns taking cover, Western Front, WW1
Motor machine guns taking cover in a sunken road on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Despatch riders bike on fire, Western Front, WW1
A motor despatch riders bike catches fire on the Western Front in France during World War One, watched by a group of soldiers. Date: circa 1916

Tank Corps mascot on motorcycle, Western Front, WW1
Stunter, the clever mascot of the Tank Corps, balancing in front of the rider on a motorcycle near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: May 1918

British motor machine gun battery, Western Front, WW1
A British motor machine gun battery leaving camp in answer to a signal on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Motor cyclist on the Western Front, WW1
A motor cyclist putting his enthusiasm to good use on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914

People on the road near Stonehenge, Wiltshire. Date: 1928

Military parade with jeeps and motorbikes
A military parade with jeeps and motorbikes

Military parade with jeep and motorbikes
A military parade with jeep and motorbikes

Man with motorbike in a field
A man with his motorbike in a field. He is either repairing the bike or picking flowers!

People on an outing near Osmington Mills, Dorset
People on an outing by car and motorbike in the countryside near Osmington Mills, Dorset. Date: 1924

Soldier on a motorbike near Okehampton, Devon
Soldier in dress uniform on a motorbike in a field near Okehampton, Devon. Date: 1940s

Street scene outside Pratts garage, with people and cars

People on road sloping down to the sea
People on a road which slopes down to the sea

Woman on a motorbike
A smiling woman sitting on a motorbike with an Automobile Association badge on the front

Woman in a motorbike sidecar
A woman sitting in a bullet-shaped motorbike sidecar. Date: 1920s

Miniature sports car, Douglas, Isle of Man
A miniature sports car (Malins, 147 CC) parked outside a building in Douglas on the Isle of Man. Date: 1925

People in charabanc and motorcycle sidecar
People in a charabanc and a motorcycle sidecar, ready to set off on a trip on a sunny day

Couple on a large motorbike
A couple on a large motorbike parked outside a house. Date: C.1925

Woman sitting in motorbike sidecar
A woman sitting in a motorbike sidecar made of wickerwork, with a riverside scene behind her

Two men repairing motorcycles
Two men in a garage, repairing motorcycles

Women dispatch riders in training, WW2
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Woman on a Douglas motorbike
A woman on a Douglas motorbike at the side of a house. She is wearing a large beret and enormous furry gloves

Man on country lane with two motorbikes
Man standing on a country lane with two motorbikes. Date: (insert)

Man with motorbike and baby
A man with a large motorbike and a baby. They seem to have swapped places -- the baby is on the motorbike and the man is in the sidecar. Date: 1920s

Man on a motorbike
A man sitting on a motorbike with an Automobile Association badge on the front

Man in RAF uniform on a motorbike
A man in RAF uniform riding a motorbike with a sidecar attached

Motorcycle
A motorcycle with a saddle and long handlebars

MORRIS MEN
Morris Men cheering people up in the middle of an English village! Date: late 1940s

Paradise this Way
Someone has abandoned their motorbike, having seen the sign pointing to Paradise and legged it! Date: 1950s

Sandwich Toll Gate
Taking the toll : A man driving a motorcycle and sidecar pays a toll at the Barbican, Sandwich, Kent, England. All vehicles have to pay to cross a bridge. Date: early 1940s

Hotel des Sports - Vouvray, France - Restaurant and Garage
Hotel des Sports - Vouvray, France - Restaurant, Family Pension (Hotel) and Automobile Garage! In my eyes, the phrase atelier de reparations has so much more style and charm than Motor Garage !

Motor Cycle Tyres - Dunlop - Eight different styles of tyre
Eight different types of Dunlop Motor Cycle Tyres - the Fort, Standard, Heavy Duty (Beaded Edge), Standard (Ribbed), Solo Sports, Sports, Road Racing (Ribbed) and Road Racing (Triple Stud)

King George VI inspecting dispatch riders of the LFB, WW2
King George VI visits the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

NFS (London Region) dispatch riders display team, WW2
NFS dispatch riders demonstrate their motorcycle riding skills with a acrobatic display at Regional headquarters, Lambeth SE1

NFS firewomen in dispatch rider training, WW2
London Region NFS firewomen undergoing dispatch rider training. Taught to do everything with a motorbike that could be done, these women would undertake all-terrain training

NFS-Firewomen dispatch rider training
Women dispatch riders in training during the Second World War

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