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Gowan Gibson , RCAF pilot
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembra ... il/2620627
Winnipeg to Toronto and back on a Ariel 500 with sidecar two up and towing a Norton racer .
Winnipeg to Toronto and back...
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Re: Winnipeg to Toronto and back...
hi a nice old photo and the true motorcyclists, the good old days
Re: Winnipeg to Toronto and back...
That would have been a challenging trip in 1939. Probably couldn't have gone north of Lake Superior back then so they probably traveled through the US. Even now it is a long journey - I've done it several times but not by motorbike.
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Re: Winnipeg to Toronto and back...
True, in those days it would have been south to the Dakotas then a long trek around the Great Lakes. I too have been across by car, hitchhiking and twice on motorcycle. What adventures those were but those days are long past.
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Re: Winnipeg to Toronto and back...
Most Nortons need to be towed......
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