FLAT HEAD (Side valves in block!) F-Heads have one valve in block One valve (exhaust) in head... operated by push rod and rocker arm A later 1930s development... Less overheating! Longer lived! Examples! Flat head WWII Jeep F-Head Korean War Jeep... J.C.
Good job done. GREETINGS FROM INDIA. These are the things that made horses obsolete from the battle field. The bike became the horse. It stood the test of reliability. It changed the war scenario and logistics
No mention of the Danish Nimbus. The Danish Army and Police purchased substantial numbers of this model and in 1939 as war loomed, the Danish government spent DKK 50 million on motorising the army and many Type Cs were included in this expenditure.
At 8:11 the two bikes shown are the “other” WW1 British Army bikes, the Douglas 2 3/4hp, 350cc twin cylinder. They were used in approx the same numbers as the Triumph (about 35,000 of each type). 👍
Good to see that German posing with his BSA M20 at 14:33- he's got himself some good old British ironmongery under him. My brother bought an ex-military M20 in 1971 for £10. The following year as a student, he did some work in various naval depots and there were M20s still being used. He got some useful tips he said from the men that maintained them. I must admit at the time I only saw Triumph TRWs chugging around Portsmouth with the Royal Marines. Back then, it seemed all men of a certain age had owned an M20 after WW2 as young men!
GREAT JOB, very well-researched and nicely edited. But among the few models missed as per comments, was the limited-run French Gnome Rhom, featuring hydraulic front-shock forks and shaft-drive, capable of towing artillery as sidecar-equipped.
Rajoutez les motos belges mais aussi françaises : Side-car GNOMES & RHONE 750cc 2x3 wheels drive (fabriqué par usine de moteur d'avion) et les Guzzi italiennes ! Very goog video quand même !
uuuuh minor correction, about Auto union. in the great depression of the 1930s 4 german automotive manufactures merged together (Horsch, Audi, Dkw and wanderer) to ensure their survival (mostly). thus the 4 rings used by all brands. later however, after WW2 most of the factories whent under soviet control, and most what used to be auto union, was restructured and put under state control under the name VEB (something long and german and complicated), and wanderer was even compleatly dismanteled and converted to VEB production. in 1949 what was the shadow of Auto Union, started to produce cars and motorcycles again in dusseldorf. this time under the name DKW and Audi. in 1958 they came under Diamler Benz's ownership, and selling had been on the table from the start but it took until 1968 when it was all sold to Volkswagen and Volkswagen, fusioned DKW with the newly aquired brand NSU. fun bit of caviot, Horch and Audi had the same founder. what happened was that August Horch left the company and not only weeks later, started a new company technicly, with the same name but in Latin. Horch means hear in German and Audi is Hear in Latin btw. that all? might look jumbelled together but hey when it comes to german companies like the product they crank out it is, usally, *VERY COMPLICATED*
not really, although theres allways Wikipedia to help. all be it ain't exactly a reliable source. but a pointer nonethenless to what to look for. thats how i eneded up with all that info. boredom is dangerous at times lol.
That's my favorite bike. Was it Made in Mysore, India? I think Jawa was originally Czech manufacturers before they partnered with Indian manufacturers. Solid bike though
Greetings from the USA. You've done a wonderfull job on the documentary, I've only 2 comments to make about it. 1, you forgot the 2 models Indian Motorcycles made for WW2, the 500cc V twin & the rarer transverse V twin ( looks like a moto guzzi ). 2, you use both the terms, side valve & F head, which are actually the same thing , it may be easier in the future to call both flatheads. Other than that you did a good job especially with showing all the different british bikes as well as including the ketterenkrad ( which most people forget about). Overall a good job & i hope you will continue to make documentaries. Please ignore anyone making negative comments as I doubt they ever bothered to try making a documentary themselves, then they'd realize how much work you went through to research, write & edit. keep up the good work! 1 last thing to ask, why didnt you include the 500cc royal enfeild currently makes for the indian military ?
Thank you! Yes Royal Enfield made bikes for the Indian military and the police but there is not much information on their website, they didnt respond to my queries either.. I need to know in which war it was used, how many vehicles, in which year etc.. What i know is, currently RE is not supplying to the army, so need to find solid sources to validate these facts so that i could include on my next video.
Thank you for replying, I know this is only 2nd hand info but years ago one of my neighbors had immigrated from India & had brought the 1st Royal Enfeild I had ever saw with him. He had told me he had ridden them 1st in the army during the 1971 Indo pakistan war & his leader had served in the 1965 conflict on 1 as well. I am sorry that Royal Enfeild wasnt forthcomming with any information about the honorable service these bikes preformed for the military as my neighbor had told me many men from his unit had cotinued riding them after the war & i am allso sorry to hear that RE is no longer supplying them to the army as the 1953 model they were based on had a suspension system that literally changed the world of motorcyling as it was far more competent off road than any other motorcyle @ the time & forced all other manufacturers to modernize their suspensions. I can attest to it as I got older & began riding my neighbor showed great skill in riding in the trails in the woods nearby & doing better than most of us who rode modern dirtbikes. TY again for your documentary also perhaps you might be able to make an inquirery to the army whichmight have kept records on these units
Percy Barbarossa Sorry Percy but I couldn't read the other replies. You are absolutely right about the Indians. My father who use to restore Army bikes had a 1942 HD WLC and a very rare HD XA from WWII. Correct me if I'm wrong but in my experience F- head I thought meant a head had 1 side valve and 1 overhead valve. Still used today in some Lincoln welders that use the Continental gas engines.
Your video omits the game changing Indian 841 shaft drive designed to be used in the North Africa campaign. Although not actually deployed, I have run computer simulations that show that one bike and one rider (with one six shot pistol) would have completely embarrassed and flummoxed Rommel. Surrender would have been swift and sure. So, there.
bmw r75 history is wrong the german goverments wants to buy zundapp ks 750 and bmw wants to sell the R 71 but the zundapp has not production capacity and bmw do has ... and BMW deny to make zundapp motorcycles in their factory so after negotiation zundapp agree to transfer his advanced technology to bmw and they build zundapp's with the name of bmw R75. Zundapp was the one to develop such advanced technology for that time bmw was selling bad motorcycles till they could have the zundapp technology after the war bmw sells for more than 40 years a full line of R's 45 to 100 based on the zundapp technology of that time.
This is interesting. I'll have to verify this information and include in my follow-up video. Is there any source on the internet to verify this info? Thanks btw.
I have a book on the motorcycles of the Wehrmacht during WWII. The included comments of the Soldaten who used the motorcycles seemed to indicate a strong preference, or at least fondness, for the Zundapp. I am surprised you did not mention it in your excellent video.
@@5QDocumentaries The zundapp workhorse was the KS600 as it was used through the whole war and was the fastest bike. It was that engine that changed the game and was used in a bigger capacity format in the KS750 (bit less powerful than 600) and again after the war as the KS601. The two Zundapps deserve the title of icons of ww2 and the BMWs were based on them as someone said already.
Aargh!! STOP showing Chinese Chang Jiang m1m motorcycles while calling them BMW R71 and R75 motorcycles! The Chang's are copies of Russian M72M motorcycles, which are copies of BMW R71 motorcycles.
The man seems to be not a native speaker. When i ,german, visited Alsace , where some people still speak german, i asked in french language , that i want to buy a hot saussage. The young man, selling the saussage, asked me in german language, if i also want mustard.
While a very worthwhile video to watch, but had some trouble with the pronounciation as it was sometimes garbled, mispronounced, and unintelligible. The first motorcycle I owned was in 1958 while in the Royal Navy at nearly 17 years old. It was a heavy WWII RN rigid frame (no suspension), 500 cc Triumph dispatch rider's 'bike with a wide springless seat. No finesse in those days. Top speed about 50 mph unless I was freewheeling downhill with the wind behind me, going from Portsmouth to H.M.S. Dryad in Southwick. when I could get to about 70 mph to save petrol because everything was closed. It cost me 5 GBP. Sorry I did not keep it but was transferred to H.M.S. Centaur and we went on a long tour and somebody stole it. 'nuf sed
Not all people who speak english, are native english speakers. When i, german, visited Alsace, where French is official language, but many people still speak german, i wanted to buy a hot saussage. I ordered them in French language, and the man who sold them, asked in german language , if i also want mustard. He clearly noticed, that i am german.
Great job. Did a lot of reaserch.. Good job guys..
Thanks!
not a matchless british war bike anywhere on here
Freaking too long
Telescope
FLAT HEAD (Side valves in block!)
F-Heads have one valve in block
One valve (exhaust) in head...
operated by push rod and rocker arm
A later 1930s development...
Less overheating!
Longer lived!
Examples!
Flat head WWII Jeep
F-Head Korean War Jeep...
J.C.
Thank you for this amazing documentary! In the Kuwait war the US Marines use also KLR 250 Kawasaki.
In spite of a couple of small inaccuracies and omissions, this is one of the best motorcycle documentaries I've seen! Thanks for the good work!
I do ,so love racing history.
Amazing how long it took to develop safety equipment.
And in amazing contrast how quickly we learned to go fast.
Good job done. GREETINGS FROM INDIA.
These are the things that made horses obsolete from the battle field.
The bike became the horse.
It stood the test of reliability.
It changed the war scenario and logistics
Try a sabercharge with motorcycle ;-)
No mention of the Danish Nimbus.
The Danish Army and Police purchased substantial numbers of this model and in 1939 as war loomed, the Danish government spent DKK 50 million on motorising the army and many Type Cs were included in this expenditure.
Thanks from the info. Will do a follow up video on the same topic to cover the missed ones.
Enfield of India is doing quite well
Coming from the WWII Army bike.
Now they are doing a Big Twin
Looks nice!
J.C.
I enjoyed the video.
However in future could you slow down your speech, It can make you hard to understand.
At 8:11 the two bikes shown are the “other” WW1 British Army bikes, the Douglas 2 3/4hp, 350cc twin cylinder. They were used in approx the same numbers as the Triumph (about 35,000 of each type). 👍
belgian army used motorcycles from 1910
Good to see that German posing with his BSA M20 at 14:33- he's got himself some good old British ironmongery under him. My brother bought an ex-military M20 in 1971 for £10. The following year as a student, he did some work in various naval depots and there were M20s still being used. He got some useful tips he said from the men that maintained them. I must admit at the time I only saw Triumph TRWs chugging around Portsmouth with the Royal Marines. Back then, it seemed all men of a certain age had owned an M20 after WW2 as young men!
No mention of Douglas motorcycles.
During World War I Douglas was a major motorcycle supplier, making around 70,000 motorcycles for military use.
Thanks from the info. Will do a follow up video on the same topic to cover the missed ones.
Great ob Buddy. Thank You for this !
Some really cool bikes.Love to own old Triumph...
This is very good.
GREAT JOB, very well-researched and nicely edited. But among the few models missed as per comments, was the limited-run French Gnome Rhom, featuring hydraulic front-shock forks and shaft-drive, capable of towing artillery as sidecar-equipped.
A beautiful and insightful video! I see you put in a lot of effort in it; thank you for making it with such quality!
bluemoondiadochi thank you
hi could you do a video on the Indian Army and their use of the Royal Enfields?
Rajoutez les motos belges mais aussi françaises : Side-car GNOMES & RHONE 750cc 2x3 wheels drive (fabriqué par usine de moteur d'avion) et les Guzzi italiennes ! Very goog video quand même !
Pas d'accord ? Belgique : FN, Saroléa etc.......
Vid E O
not
Weed E O...
Jeeze!
love this video >>> thank you !
Superb very informative episode
I'm sorry I had to mute the sound.
Equipped: pronounced ee kwipt
Great video mate. Very informative. Keep up the good work.
My bad
Didn't see any mention of the German Zundapp motorcycle. My father had one. Very similar to the BMW.
The Zundapps KS600 and KS750 were the best.
Excellent documentary, I thoroughly enjoyed that ! Thank you.
Fantastic video loved the wealth of information thank you so much you real did your home work you did a great job cheers
Awesome vid. packed with tons of info.. I Love it.
Puhh! The voiceover with that Footage is not possible Homie!
Will fix that from next video onwards.
Zündapp the best motorcycle in WWII is missing!
Just right, where is the war elephant?
Thanks from the info. Will do a follow up video on the same topic to cover the missed ones.
superb content - real in-depth research - excellent compilation - great storytelling #loveformotorcycles
Thank you!
Very well put together. Just one small thing, in the US a flathead motor is the same as a side valve motor.
Noted!
Best... Keep going bro...
Nice video, Forgot Moto Guzzi
Thanks from the info. Will do a follow up video on the same topic to cover the missed ones.
Those are cool bikes
very good post,thanks.
Good video, very informative, thanks much!
Fantastic job! I knew a few of the things but you filled in the gaps and provided plenty of new information.
Thank you!
uuuuh minor correction, about Auto union.
in the great depression of the 1930s 4 german automotive manufactures merged together (Horsch, Audi, Dkw and wanderer) to ensure their survival (mostly). thus the 4 rings used by all brands. later however, after WW2 most of the factories whent under soviet control, and most what used to be auto union, was restructured and put under state control under the name VEB (something long and german and complicated), and wanderer was even compleatly dismanteled and converted to VEB production. in 1949 what was the shadow of Auto Union, started to produce cars and motorcycles again in dusseldorf. this time under the name DKW and Audi. in 1958 they came under Diamler Benz's ownership, and selling had been on the table from the start but it took until 1968 when it was all sold to Volkswagen and Volkswagen, fusioned DKW with the newly aquired brand NSU. fun bit of caviot, Horch and Audi had the same founder. what happened was that August Horch left the company and not only weeks later, started a new company technicly, with the same name but in Latin. Horch means hear in German and Audi is Hear in Latin btw.
that all? might look jumbelled together but hey when it comes to german companies like the product they crank out it is, usally, *VERY COMPLICATED*
Interesting! Are there any sources on the internet to back these facts? I would like to include it on my follow up video. thanks!
not really, although theres allways Wikipedia to help. all be it ain't exactly a reliable source. but a pointer nonethenless to what to look for. thats how i eneded up with all that info. boredom is dangerous at times lol.
Excellent video, one question. Did you say the zero electric could operate for over 3000 hours off one charge? That would seem impossible.
Factory spec is about 80 miles ......
nice brother, I love vintage motorcycles, I have IDEAL JAWA 250 1974, Made in Mayore, India.
That's my favorite bike. Was it Made in Mysore, India? I think Jawa was originally Czech manufacturers before they partnered with Indian manufacturers. Solid bike though
Zundapp KS600 and KS750
Greetings from the USA. You've done a wonderfull job on the documentary, I've only 2 comments to make about it. 1, you forgot the 2 models Indian Motorcycles made for WW2, the 500cc V twin & the rarer transverse V twin ( looks like a moto guzzi ). 2, you use both the terms, side valve & F head, which are actually the same thing , it may be easier in the future to call both flatheads. Other than that you did a good job especially with showing all the different british bikes as well as including the ketterenkrad ( which most people forget about). Overall a good job & i hope you will continue to make documentaries. Please ignore anyone making negative comments as I doubt they ever bothered to try making a documentary themselves, then they'd realize how much work you went through to research, write & edit. keep up the good work! 1 last thing to ask, why didnt you include the 500cc royal enfeild currently makes for the indian military ?
Thank you! Yes Royal Enfield made bikes for the Indian military and the police but there is not much information on their website, they didnt respond to my queries either.. I need to know in which war it was used, how many vehicles, in which year etc.. What i know is, currently RE is not supplying to the army, so need to find solid sources to validate these facts so that i could include on my next video.
Thank you for replying, I know this is only 2nd hand info but years ago one of my neighbors had immigrated from India & had brought the 1st Royal Enfeild I had ever saw with him. He had told me he had ridden them 1st in the army during the 1971 Indo pakistan war & his leader had served in the 1965 conflict on 1 as well. I am sorry that Royal Enfeild wasnt forthcomming with any information about the honorable service these bikes preformed for the military as my neighbor had told me many men from his unit had cotinued riding them after the war & i am allso sorry to hear that RE is no longer supplying them to the army as the 1953 model they were based on had a suspension system that literally changed the world of motorcyling as it was far more competent off road than any other motorcyle @ the time & forced all other manufacturers to modernize their suspensions. I can attest to it as I got older & began riding my neighbor showed great skill in riding in the trails in the woods nearby & doing better than most of us who rode modern dirtbikes. TY again for your documentary also perhaps you might be able to make an inquirery to the army whichmight have kept records on these units
Percy Barbarossa Sorry Percy but I couldn't read the other replies. You are absolutely right about the Indians. My father who use to restore Army bikes had a 1942 HD WLC and a very rare HD XA from WWII. Correct me if I'm wrong but in my experience F- head I thought meant a head had 1 side valve and 1 overhead valve. Still used today in some Lincoln welders that use the Continental gas engines.
You are right about the "F" head.
Indian M741B and the transverse was an 841.
Awesome 👍
BMW and NSU are the best!!
No mention of Steve McQueen's classic "German" Triumph?
hello nice video thanks saludos
What were their names because I want to know what weapons they used
Harley Davidson started 1903 not 1906.
little better voice over please though good compilation
Noted!
You missing triumph 3hw ww2 350 cc
Your video omits the game changing Indian 841 shaft drive designed to be used in the North Africa campaign. Although not actually deployed, I have run computer simulations that show that one bike and one rider (with one six shot pistol) would have
completely embarrassed and flummoxed Rommel. Surrender would have been swift and sure. So, there.
Wasnt that based on a captured Kardan drive from Zundapp / BMW
18:57 Chang Jiang CJ750... Not R75 or R71
It's: Vee ick al
not
Wee ik kal
it's
English
Not German!
Da??
And you are a Dackel, not a Dachshund.
Douche Bags Unter Alles!
(-8D
J.C,
AS VESPAS DOS MEUS AMIGOS ITALIANOS !
Best buy Vespa sips fuel an has someone I'd like to play army wit
AS SOBRE LAGARTAS DEVEM SER AS MAIS RARAS.
Yikes!
If I wanted to hear a voice like that, I'd call customer service.
Don't worry, we're getting Ryan Seacrest for the next
I think tanks and armored vehicles should be banned with geneva convention
Fn , Sarolea, belgian motorcycles.................................???
bmw r75 history is wrong
the german goverments wants to buy zundapp ks 750 and bmw wants to sell the R 71
but the zundapp has not production capacity and bmw do has ... and BMW deny to make zundapp motorcycles in their factory so after negotiation zundapp agree to transfer his advanced technology to bmw and they build zundapp's with the name of bmw R75.
Zundapp was the one to develop such advanced technology for that time bmw was selling bad motorcycles till they could have the zundapp technology
after the war bmw sells for more than 40 years a full line of R's 45 to 100 based on the zundapp technology of that time.
This is interesting. I'll have to verify this information and include in my follow-up video. Is there any source on the internet to verify this info? Thanks btw.
...and that due to Zuendapp advanced technology now also the BMW R75 got to have a reverse gear. just my 2Cents
I have a book on the motorcycles of the Wehrmacht during WWII. The included comments of the Soldaten who used the motorcycles seemed to indicate a strong preference, or at least fondness, for the Zundapp. I am surprised you did not mention it in your excellent video.
@@5QDocumentaries The zundapp workhorse was the KS600 as it was used through the whole war and was the fastest bike. It was that engine that changed the game and was used in a bigger capacity format in the KS750 (bit less powerful than 600) and again after the war as the KS601. The two Zundapps deserve the title of icons of ww2 and the BMWs were based on them as someone said already.
Lol, only France.
Aargh!! STOP showing Chinese Chang Jiang m1m motorcycles while calling them BMW R71 and R75 motorcycles! The Chang's are copies of Russian M72M motorcycles, which are copies of BMW R71 motorcycles.
Brilliant Video - pity about the narrator - could hardly understand him. Wehicles - yuck.!
The man seems to be not a native speaker. When i ,german, visited Alsace , where some people still speak german, i asked in french language , that i want to buy a hot saussage. The young man, selling the saussage, asked me in german language, if i also want mustard.
Give me an American English speaking narrator....
While a very worthwhile video to watch, but had some trouble with the pronounciation as it was sometimes garbled, mispronounced, and unintelligible. The first motorcycle I owned was in 1958 while in the Royal Navy at nearly 17 years old. It was a heavy WWII RN rigid frame (no suspension), 500 cc Triumph dispatch rider's 'bike with a wide springless seat. No finesse in those days. Top speed about 50 mph unless I was freewheeling downhill with the wind behind me, going from Portsmouth to H.M.S. Dryad in Southwick. when I could get to about 70 mph to save petrol because everything was closed. It cost me 5 GBP. Sorry I did not keep it but was transferred to H.M.S. Centaur and we went on a long tour and somebody stole it.
'nuf sed
I was cool with this, but could only watch it for just so long before the STUPID NARRATION GOT ON MY NERVES!!! WTF was that all about?
Not all people who speak english, are native english speakers. When i, german, visited Alsace, where French is official language, but many people still speak german, i wanted to buy a hot saussage. I ordered them in French language, and the man who sold them, asked in german language , if i also want mustard. He clearly noticed, that i am german.
Cool documentary but an accent one just cannot listen to -.-
Try to speak another language without an accent of your own language.
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