On Tuesday, Sep 10, 2002, at 03:31PM, The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:
>it even has the remnants of the wartime white painted rear mudguard (under curfew
>regulations all bikes needed to have the mudguard painted white for safety).
That's odd since all the war bikes I've seen, and I own two, are ALL black. All the chrome is blacked out and reflectors removed. This was so the bikes can be ridden during blackout. Both of my bikes are Ralieghs, but I've also seen this with Italian bikes too. I have seen a few with just the back 4" of the fenders painted white, but that's all and they looked hand painted. I have a small fetish for these all black war bikes. Does anyone have more info on these bikes?
enjoy,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
SB, CA