What motorcycle would my grandfather have ridden as a British Army dispatch rider in WW2?

Question

What motorcycle would my grandfather have ridden as a British Army dispatch rider in WW2?

Answer 1

As a Don r once in the army he would have ridden one of two an Enfeild 500cc side valve with sprung front forks and handchangs gears  or a matchless 350cc with telescopic front forks and foot change burma gearbox . There were some BSA s 500cc but were mostly used by the war office in London  

Answer 2

Probably a BSA or Matchless

Answer 3

It could have been anything from a "Velocete","Royal Enfield", "Rudge", "Villiers", "Norton", "BSA" or Triumph" depending on what was available....

Answer 4

as a dispatcher he would have ridden probably an office chair with a bunch of radios around  his desk. otherwise it would have just been the AMC motorcycle

Answer 5

BSA M20 or Matchless G3L

Answer 6

As a solo rider,the usual machine was either an AJS  or a Matchless 350 cc Single cylider.  Both makes came from the same factory and were identical.

The BSA M20 500 cc single was used with sidecar attached,

Answer 7

http://www.roncobb.com/photoBSAM20.html

There you go..........

Answer 8

Since we're talking about the War Department one might assume it was a Royal Enfield (also the name of a much loved rifle) or even BSA (Birmingham Small Arms), but I suspect it would have been a Norton. They were all painted a S****y green, so who knows?