33. 1917 Russian Matchless Motorbike
Source: The Great War@WW1_Series
This motorcycle is an example of being “all dressed up with no place to go.” The Matchless Motorbike was produced in 1917 specifically for the Russian army. However, it never saw battle because if you remember history, Lenin pulled Russia out of the Great War. It looks very similar to the Clyno 750 cc we saw earlier, only this machine gun was designed to be used with the sidecar instead of being dismounted and deployed behind cover. Yet they are highly collectible today. The one you see in the picture is just one of three that survived the Great War.