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On 6/6/2022 at 8:53 PM, Damrongsak said:

D-Day  Maybe a G3L

May be an image of 4 people, motorcycle, outdoors and text that says 'NORMANDY "D DAY" JUNE 6th, 1944 Compliments of MATCHLESS MOTOR CYCLES, LONDON, S.E.18, ENGLAND'

Matchless G3L 1941/42 - Motorcycles - HMVF - Historic Military Vehicles  Forum

Yep, a G3 or a G3/L,the L stands for lightweight ,Matchless wanted to reduce the weight of the G3 ,making it a bit more manoeuvrable when going over rough ground .

80 000 thousand of the G3 and G3/L were produced for the military during WWII.

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Here's an odd Honda 125 scooter - a boxer twin.  This from American Motorcycling magazine April 1961.  https://books.google.com/books?id=xvoDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=American+Motorcyclist+Apr+1961&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwizpZ-V2bT4AhWjGFkFHSNQDTEQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=American Motorcyclist Apr 1961&f=false

 

 

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How about an aluminum and leather helmet (1958)?

 

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10 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

 

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It's been 60 years and this style is still very popular.

Australia it's a favorite bike for the Posties, delivering the mail. 

 

It's now got ABS, electronics, bigger motor but style very similar. 

 

 

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On 6/17/2022 at 10:05 PM, SAFETY FIRST said:

It's been 60 years and this style is still very popular.

Australia it's a favorite bike for the Posties, delivering the mail. 

 

It's now got ABS, electronics, bigger motor but style very similar.

I thought the 1961 Honda was quite different. Boxer twin engine like a BMW - far forward mounted - hydraulic drive of some sort.

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7 hours ago, Damrongsak said:

I thought the 1961 Honda was quite different. Boxer twin engine like a BMW - far forward mounted - hydraulic drive of some sort.

I reckon you missed the point I was making. 

 

My comment was about the Style, not mechanical. 

 

Anyway, the Posties love this bike and it's becoming popular with the trendies in Australia. 

 

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56 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I reckon you missed the point I was making. 

 

My comment was about the Style, not mechanical. 

 

Anyway, the Posties love this bike and it's becoming popular with the trendies in Australia. 

 

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Yes, I missed your point.  But that '61 scooter was weird.  Similar form factor but mechanically way out there, as Honda did back then.  They did some incredible stuff back in the days.  Soichiro Honda was a race guy, no doubt about it. 

 

His first bike:

 

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