Interesting Old Article

[raderj]

I found this when researching side-hacks on Enfields. Found it very insightful into the history of motorcycles...

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/59361820

[mattsz]

Interesting indeed.

I notice that we don't hear much from Swastika Motor Works any more...

[raderj]

I notice that we don't hear much from Swastika Motor Works any more...

  

And hopefully never again!

[Royalista]

Most charmed by the article on Motorcyclism in Warfare.
Especially the paragraph on training. Some quotes: a motorcyclist is "a man of initiative, product not of the drill-sergeant bu of the lecturer"; "a silent man in oilskin and goggles".
It's an encouraging read. Iron men on rubber tubes.

[idk]

A great article. Thanks for posting. I particularly like the last bit about the "Swift" car from Coventry. Later on they produced a "Super Swift", but due to things happening in Europe and the use of their initials "SS" by the Germans for something less "marketable", they changed their name - to "Jaguar".