Underwater Motorcycles

I wonder how long this bike has been underwater to accumulate these barnacles

Here's what happens when you go on an internet search engine and type in 'underwater scooters' and 'underwater motorcycles'.  I did this when looking for information on Diver Propelled Vehicles, part of my research for a couple of recent posts titled "Aqua Scooter" and "Aqua Scooter: Upgraded". Typical of any internet search, the collateral results are often odd or downright strange and certainly surprising in many ways. Who knew there were so many submerged motorcycles in the world, some accidental and some purposeful. 

I compiled a bunch of photos to show the results, though I didn't do much research on the where and why of the actual motorcycles themselves. Some were obviously put in place as a point of interest to a diving location, some may have been tossed in the ocean as a way of ridding 'garbage' and some look like they were the results of an accident at sea. The one set of photos on what are obviously military motorcycles was worthy of further research and will be featured in a future post titled "S.S. Thistlegorm", but suffice to say that the reason for the bikes being underwater is related to W.W. II military action. And, the site is a fairly well known and popular diving location which might actually be worth a visit in person if one ever gets to that part of the world in the near future.

This bike looks salvageable

Old Nortons and BSAs on the S.S. Thistlegorm

A popular dive site, so lots of cool photos taken of these bikes

A sculpture like quality to this machine

There were a lot of motorcycles lost in this sinking, amongst other things

Does the dive gear qualify as ATGATT

Going nowhere fast

At least one knows that there were far fewer pollutants entering the water when this bike was dumped

This guy is flying!! haha

Another bike that looks salvageable

Most motorcyclists give each other a wave!!

Lots of lady riders out there too!