Mystery motorcycle

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
Can anyone i.d. this make of bike please? The rego APPEARS to be DMW, a 1946 Wiltshire one so I am guessing it's ex-WD. Must be 500 cc I would say. The photo was taken 1962/3. A quick response gets a free magazine! I was thinking Norton Model 18 as it appeared to be ohv and not a SV 16H?

David,

Email sent to you regarding other photo.

This one could be a Model 18, 500cc, but again it has a large sidecar, so it could be a Model 19, 596cc, which had sidecar gearing. Not sure if the Model 19 was produced in 1946, but suspect they had not had enough time to retool so prewar models were only ones available. Don't think it is ex-WD unless it was an impressed one from civilian stocks.