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First published in Great Britain in 2006 by
PEN & SWORD MILITARY
an imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
47 Church Street, Barnsley,
South Yorkshire.
S70 2AS
Copyright © Gavin Birch, 2006
ISBN 1-84415-408-4
ISBN 978-1-84415-408-1
eISBN 978-1-78303-912-8
The right of Gavin Birch to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by
him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter One
Horseman to Horsepower
Chapter Two
Interwar Experimentation
Chapter Three
The British Bikes
Chapter Four
The American Bikes
Chapter Five
The German Bikes
Chapter Six
Specials, Races, Motorcycle Displays
Chapter Seven
The Wartime Motorcyclist’s Uniform
WVS (Women’s V
oluntary Service) motorcyclist Meg Moorat is handed a message to deliver on her
Triumph motorcycle, with civilian registration number FUL 166, in May 1941 outside the WVS
Headquarters, London. One of the many civilian bikes ‘impressed’ for wartime service.
(IWM HU90302)

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