The one that says on the left "d" looks the most like the one I owned from 1966 until likely 1985 summer when my father passed away when I was 37.During that time it never failed starting in any kind of weather. This in it's own way was the most reliable motorcycle I have ever seen anywhere. It would run all day at 50 mph down a highway or through deep sand in the desert or up almost any hill you wanted to go up. However, don't go over bumps with it without holding handlebars and standing up on the pegs or you might break your back and never walk again because no rear end suspension other than the springs in the seat. It had no battery and only front end suspension. This was literally a Tank of a motorcycle and somewhat indestructible. One time I laid it down in deep sand at about 40 miles an hour and I was wearing only tennis shoes and Bermuda shorts and a t-shirt so I grabbed a handlebar and stood up on the right side (I had laid it down on the left) and I rode this thing skidding in the sand at 40 miles and hour until it stopped sliding and then rolled like a gymnast across the sand and got up laughing because I hadn't died or been seriously injured. My cousin was pale and scared because he was on a Honda 90 trail bike and thought I was going to die to lay a bike down at that speed but outside of bleeding a few places I was okay. the worst was getting the sand out of my bloody knees from rolling off a suddenly stopping motorcycle in the sand. The headlight and the engine ran directly off the magneto in the engine so if the engine wasn't running there was no power at all because of no battery the ingenious way this was designed. So, the magneto also ran the headlight for night driving.
I had hit about 12 inch deep loose sand with the bike while trying to talk to my cousin and it was too much so I had no choice but to lay the bike down at that point. So, when I survived I laughed because I hadn't died or gotten seriously injured in this accident at 40 mph.
Also, the bike I owned was used in the War Effort during world war II in North Africa.ImagesShoppingMapsVideos
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