1980 Can Am Bombardier, 247cc, project. Registration number ...

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£500 - £800

1980 Can Am Bombardier, 247cc, project. Registration number MWJ 710W. Frame number 8801000-076. Engine number 120870.
Sold with the V5C, key, copy of service record, 2000 MOT.
The military bike was developed mainly for the army as a general workhorse and vehicle for dispatching. Although originally intended for the Canadian army, its low set height, gentle manner (thanks to a detuned 250cc engine) and overall handing found favour with the British and Belgium armies as well.
Between 1978 and 1980, the British Army purchased around 3,000 of these machines. Due to the 1990’s disarmament in Europe, nearly all were released to private ownership.
MK2 bikes were produced under contract FVE22A/88 providing frame numbers 8801 for right hand road use in Germany and 8802 for left hand road use in the UK.
MWJ entered service as 27HG69 in July 1980 before being sent to the Ordinance Depot, BAOR in Antwerp a year later, it transferred to 27th Regt in 1982 and 49th Regt in 1986. It was sold out of service by Walker Walter Hanson in 1987.
In 2004 it was with Terry Brooks, then Rob Harwood. Our vendor bought it in 2024 with the intention of a full restoration and has stripped the bike to it component parts. There is a replacement kick start shaft with the bike.