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The caption for this original image, published in The Motor Cycle of February 17, 1938, reads: “This picture of a motorcycle-mounted trooper of the Egyptian desert patrol shows how two wheels have replaced four (camel’s) legs to a large extent. Note the large air-cleaner mounted alongside the rear wheel of the side-valve Norton.”
The Norton is a 16H, the model which was also supplied to the British Army in large