'Trike' will do fine. This one with the large displacement 'Knucklehead' engine never made it past the prototype stage, as the US Army figured out that a Jeep was way better than a motorcycle for frontline service.
'...better than a motorcycle for frontline service,' and yet the Allied Forces (including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Army Air Corps) used tens of thousands of Harley-Davidson WLAs, Indians, Matchless, Royal Enfields, Triumphs and others throughout the European and Pacific Theatres, and had a purpose-built Harley - the BMW-derived XA Model - developed for the fighting in Africa. The fighting there ended before production began, and only a thousand of the XA were ever produced. The trike may not have made sense to the military brass, because anywhere a trike could go a jeep could go as well, carrying more personnel or materiel, but solo rides were invaluable to frontline troops for a wide range of purposes.
'Trike' will do fine. This one with the large displacement 'Knucklehead' engine never made it past the prototype stage, as the US Army figured out that a Jeep was way better than a motorcycle for frontline service.
ReplyDelete'...better than a motorcycle for frontline service,' and yet the Allied Forces (including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Army Air Corps) used tens of thousands of Harley-Davidson WLAs, Indians, Matchless, Royal Enfields, Triumphs and others throughout the European and Pacific Theatres, and had a purpose-built Harley - the BMW-derived XA Model - developed for the fighting in Africa. The fighting there ended before production began, and only a thousand of the XA were ever produced. The trike may not have made sense to the military brass, because anywhere a trike could go a jeep could go as well, carrying more personnel or materiel, but solo rides were invaluable to frontline troops for a wide range of purposes.
DeleteHarley Davidson TA, a prototype, 18 built. The "Wheels Through Time" museum has one on display.
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