Name the bike

[DaveM]

This one looks good

 

[otherwise]

I was going to jump in and say Douglas Dragonfly but I checked some photos on line first and all of the Dragonflies look like they have leading link, this bike has telescopic. Also the frame and that beautiful tank / nacelle are different. Ya got me.

 

[DaveM]

I also had a look at the Douglas Dragonfly but could not find one that looks like that one, the tank is the same however. I also had a look at bikes with a flat-twin motor. This one is very interesting

 

[DaveM]

Ok I give up maybe a Zundapp with a Douglas Dragonfly tanks and headlight assembly

 

[Ksquared]

Answer at 700 am EDT so get your guesses in now!

 

[DaveM]

I took my best shot already lol

 

[otherwise]

Ok I give up maybe a Zundapp with a Douglas Dragonfly tanks and headlight assembly

Just had another look, Dragonfly is chain driven mystery bike is shaft. Dragonfly has two piece tank / nacelle mystery bike is one piece.

 

[otherwise]

Answer at 700 am EDT so get your guesses in now!

What's EDT? world time is usually spoken as Greenwich Mean Time, easy for all to work out.

 

[DaveM]

EDT may refer to: Eastern Daylight Time
Location Local time Time zone UTC offset
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Thursday, 25 August 2011, 07:00:00 EDT UTC-4 hours
Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Thursday, 25 August 2011, 21:00:00 EST UTC+10 hours

 

[otherwise]

EDT may refer to: Eastern Daylight Time
Location Local time Time zone UTC offset
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Thursday, 25 August 2011, 07:00:00 EDT UTC-4 hours
Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Thursday, 25 August 2011, 21:00:00 EST UTC+10 hours

Actually I figured that all out before I posted. I was trying to make a soft and friendly point that the world doesn't revolve around the US. We in Australia also have EST (eastern standard time) and EDT (eastern daylight saving time) but when talking internationally GMT is the standard, I wouldn't presume people in other countries would know what time I was talking about if I said I was going to post at 7.00pm EST but if I said 0900 GMT we have no doubt. OK off my soapbox and back to trying to ID that bike before 1100 GMT.

 

[otherwise]

I just had a search about and keep coming back to a couple of DKW's a bit similar, I give up.

 

[Ksquared]

A 1955 Wooler Flat Four. The bike is one of the machines in the collection of the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust (www.bmct.org). John Wooler had a very inconventional approach to motorcycle design (as can clearly be seen!) from his debut at the 1911 Olympia show, an approach that he maintained throughout the next 45 years. This OHV machine came with the boast that it could be completely dismantled with the use of just one spanner and a screwdriver. Only a handful of prototypes were made, primarily due to production difficulties.

 

[DaveM]

Wow I have never heard of this one, good going have another go then

Large Image Click Here

 

[Silli]

Damn..... pipped me to the post!

 

[Ksquared]

Silli - If you really knew it - then you go!

 

[Silli]

Silli - If you really knew it - then you go!

I didn't know it, and it took about 15 mins for me to find it via google.

Obviously losing my touch.

 

[DaveM]

Well then you did better than us so you go

 

[Ksquared]

Yes Silli - pllease go ahead - I'm at the office and can't play just now.

 

[DaveM]

And I am on the Blackberry

 

[Silli]

Ok.

Have a look at this cracker................