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Posted by cochise
 - November 14, 2010, 20:10:08 PM

We just had Rememberance Day in Canada, our day honouring veterens. My thanks to all who served, from both sides of the border. All the war related movies have been on tv, and just had to watch "The Great Escape" again. Steve Mcqueen trying to out run the Germans on his bike is a great scene. I read he did his own riding but the producers of the movie wouldn't let him do the jump in case he injured himself it would delay the movie. The movie was so authentic but the bike he rode looked like a 650 Triumph. How could it be a British bike ? A little research showed a German , Siegfried Beltmann started Triumph in Coventry England and later a plant in Nuremburg. Both the German plant along with the Coventry plant were demolished during WW11 . After the war ended the Nuremburg Triumph factory was the first  factory back in production. So the Germans on Triumphs is accurate.

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