Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 13
  1. #1
    Banned
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Port Elizabeth
    Age
    55
    Posts
    11,588

  2. #2
    Banned
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Port Elizabeth
    Age
    55
    Posts
    11,588

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    The bike was to get soldiers to needed area's quickly and the wheels to beat punctures.
    Note the spring loaded rims.
    Must have turned some heads in its day, technology! Must have made the old boys shake their heads and mutter about the new fangled contraptions of modern times.

  3. #3
    User
    Join Date
    Jun 2018
    Location
    Krugersdorp
    Age
    39
    Posts
    165

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    Quote Originally Posted by treeman View Post
    The bike was to get soldiers to needed area's quickly and the wheels to beat punctures.
    Note the spring loaded rims.
    Must have turned some heads in its day, technology! Must have made the old boys shake their heads and mutter about the new fangled contraptions of modern times.
    That is quite something...

    Must have weighed a ton.

    Sent from my LG-H990 using Tapatalk

  4. #4
    Banned
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    Port Elizabeth
    Age
    55
    Posts
    11,588

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    Quote Originally Posted by Antonie_Pienaar View Post
    That is quite something...

    Must have weighed a ton.

    Sent from my LG-H990 using Tapatalk
    ++++++++++ mud collected in rims ??
    2 Tons

  5. #5
    User
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    GP, but in my mind, hunting for Ivory in the 1930's
    Age
    43
    Posts
    6,253

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    That’s the kind of bike Danie Joubert used.
    Don’t take life too seriously, no one gets out alive.

  6. #6

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    Is the rifle a Mauser ?

  7. #7
    User
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Age
    74
    Posts
    1,482

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    Danie Theron.

  8. #8
    Banned
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    Vereeniging
    Age
    70
    Posts
    5,782

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    I wonder - how many squeaks to a mile?

  9. #9

    Default Re: Tactical 80 years ago

    Nice find. I bet you someone tried firing it while in motion

  10. #10
    User
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Boland
    Posts
    7,976

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by killzone View Post
    Nice find. I bet you someone tried firing it while in motion
    After which he realised he'll actually go faster if the rifle was mounted backwards...

Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •