Official Army MT500 with WASP sidecar
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:11 am
Ive been courting Rob at Wasp for a few years now to get me some photos of their army combination. The history of it is according to my recollection, Ill get him to confirm it but:
Wasp (http://wasp-motorcycles.tripod.com/id1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) were approach by the army to build/ trial a combination back in the very early 80s. They built 2 models and sent them up for testing, the resulting was deemed excellent but sadly the practicality was that the combo was too tricky for the average soldier to ride, so it didn't go any further.
Both units disappeared into the fog of time but eventually, through contacts, the army gave Rob one of the units back. What happened to the other one, we don't know.
Getting the bike DVLA registered was very tricky and it took a few years and finally a letter from Alan Clews (CCM) to get it sorted, as you see, its an A reg so probably the earliest we've seen.
Wasp (http://wasp-motorcycles.tripod.com/id1.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) were approach by the army to build/ trial a combination back in the very early 80s. They built 2 models and sent them up for testing, the resulting was deemed excellent but sadly the practicality was that the combo was too tricky for the average soldier to ride, so it didn't go any further.
Both units disappeared into the fog of time but eventually, through contacts, the army gave Rob one of the units back. What happened to the other one, we don't know.
Getting the bike DVLA registered was very tricky and it took a few years and finally a letter from Alan Clews (CCM) to get it sorted, as you see, its an A reg so probably the earliest we've seen.
