► Photothread: Motorcycles of Wehrmacht

[Sturm78]

Nobody for my images posted on 10 and 17 Feb 2016...??

Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

sorry, I totally forgot to answer. In both cases You are right: 10th February it is a BMW R 12 and 17th February it is a Zündapp KS 750.

Regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Bert wrote
orry, I totally forgot to answer. In both cases You are right: 10th February it is a BMW R 12 and 17th February it is a Zündapp KS 750

Thank you, Bert.

Any idea about this one ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

after searching in the net I think it is a captured French Gnome et Rhone 350ccm type Super Major from the year 1939 (source of the pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/michel_67 ... 321505275/)-

Best regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

A bent Zündapp (K 500 W I think). Note the severed cylinder head with broken piston rod in the foreground. Yikes!

[Sturm78]

Bert wrote
after searching in the net I think it is a captured French Gnome et Rhone 350ccm type Super Major from the year 1939 (source of the pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/michel_67 ... 321505275/)-

Thanks a lot for your help, Bert... I think you are right

Regards Sturm78

[Maxschnauzer]

BMW R 4's of the NSKK Achern Motorrad Krad Schule, Baden registration.

ebay.de

[SIS 5]

Hi Max,

on the pics You posted are two different types of BMW motorcycles. On the second pic is a BMW type R 11. Here a pic of this motorcycle out of the book "Von A wie Ardie bis Z wie Zündapp" by Horst Hinrichsen.

Regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

Thanks Bert. I didn't really look at the second one, I just assumed it was another R 4. Live and learn as they say!

[Luftflotte2]

I think the distinguishing feature is the headlight mount.

[SIS 5]

Hi Luftflotte 2,

here pics of these motorcycles for comparing (BMW R 4 out of the book "Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer der Reichswehr, Wehrmacht und Bundeswehr" by Werner Oswald; BMW R 11 out of the book "Deutsche Militärmotorräder" by Frank Rönicke). You will see that there are more differences.

Regards

Bert

[Luftflotte2]

Thanks for that. I always have a difficult time telling motorcycles apart.

[Maxschnauzer]

R 12 in camo

[Maxschnauzer]

Zündapp K 800 W

Edited to include missing photo!

[Luftflotte2]

source: ebay.de