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Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« on: December 08, 2008, 07:57:14 PM »
Angela Lansbury rides a motorcycle w/ a sidecar... referred to as a sulfurous motorcycle.   ???

I haven't seen it but elizabeth and I were discussing Urals and bla,bla,bla... it comes to Bedknobs and Broomsticks!







p.s... more importantly, was it a Ural?
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2008, 08:14:36 PM »
I could only get a very bad picture from a small movie poster.
From what I could make out -especially with the tub on the left- it's probably a vintage Brit bike.  Looks like a girder front end.  Sidecar body all wrong.
Dude- your 8 layers are showing!

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2008, 08:19:13 PM »
toy run looked cold, Ernie.   ;)
thanks for the help.
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2008, 08:51:17 PM »
It's a Russian tractor sota like an old BMW.

Real nastie stuff.

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2008, 09:12:27 PM »
here is my parents' ural... we're hoping to borrow it from them for a wedding/honeymoon trip  :)
 they've already offered it so its just convincing them that we won't scratch it  8)





like i said... haven't seen bedknobs and broomsticks.   ;)
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2008, 09:29:10 PM »

Scroll to the 8:20 mark or thereabouts... Looks like a parallel twin to me. Not sure about make though.
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2008, 09:41:44 PM »
can't tell... can you?





this post sponsored by print screen sysrq, adobe, photobucket... and special thanks to ctrl c and ctrl v   ;D
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2008, 06:28:49 AM »
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..we're hoping to borrow it from them for a wedding/honeymoon trip 

Yours Heffay?   You finally convinced her?  ;) ;D

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2008, 06:43:33 AM »
all it took was a spa suite at the NYNY in Vegas!   ;D
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2008, 06:56:04 AM »
  Congratulations!    Good luck ;D

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2008, 06:58:44 AM »
i think the side car may be on a SKI

... thanks upperlake, i'm glad i finally found my biker chick.   :)
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2008, 06:59:05 AM »
It's a Douglas.
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2008, 07:51:15 AM »
It looks like an old pommy flat tanker

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« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2008, 10:21:25 AM »
Congrats Heffay!!!

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2008, 01:59:29 PM »
This thread is useless without pictures.
And I don't mean sidecars.
Dude- your 8 layers are showing!

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2008, 05:34:03 PM »
It's a Douglas.

all the google images i can find show a much different engine configuration.


It looks like an old pommy flat tanker

any pictures?  can't find any.
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #17 on: December 10, 2008, 03:36:32 PM »
any pictures?  can't find any.
I have the movie. I'll grab some high definition screen shots tonight after work. :)
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #18 on: December 10, 2008, 03:49:28 PM »
1922 Sunbeam flat tanker ?

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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2008, 09:37:14 PM »


Ariel square four maybe?
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2008, 06:49:13 AM »
i have to laugh havoc... did you even watch the video?   :D
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2008, 06:51:10 AM »
Possibly a James??
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2008, 07:02:42 AM »
look at the right side engine cover... it is horizontally oblong
engine definitely looks like a parallel twin (i prefer inline twin  ;) )
bike is OLD, most likely pre WWII
tank and headlight are also quite distinguishable.



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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2008, 07:04:54 AM »
the sunbeam looks the closest so far... to me.
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Re: Bedknobs and Broomsticks Motorcycle Trivia Question!
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2008, 08:02:06 AM »
I have lots of good quality screen captures. I tried to pick the ones with the most detail.









Unfortunately, there's no good side shot during the movie.
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