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£900
1985 Armstrong MT500, 498cc. Registration number C844 FWW. Frame number 193570. Engine number unknown.
In 1984 CCM-Armstrong, a relatively small company manufacturing competition bikes, was awarded the contract for supply of motorcycles to the British Army. Based in the north west of England, CCM has a renowned history for competition success dating back to the early 1970s.
Initial contracts were for the supply of approximately 3000 Armstrong MT500s to British, Jordanian and Canadian armies, between 1984 and 1987. Thereafter, manufacturing rights were sold to Harley-Davison USA.
FWW entered the Army as 93 KD 25 in 1985 and appears to have been UK based being released by 5th Div at Shrewsbury in Oct 1996 via Central Motor Auctions with a mileage of 13,590. By 1998 it was with Roger Lyons and then Christopher Dobson in 2002 when the MOT shows 13,929 miles. Today it is at 14,974 and has been in storage for many years.
Sold with the V5C, V5, 2002 MOT, service release record and photocopied manuals
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