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Continental Sports had a cobby look It would seem that Frank Willoughby Cotton, the founder of the Cotton Motor Company, shared similar ideas to Alfred Scott when it came to motorcycle frame design. Impressed by his triangulated layout, which avoided the use of anything other than straight tubes, Cotton devised his own design. It differed…

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1934 Velocette 350cc ohv in 250cc cycle parts The overhead camshaft KSS Velocette was the flagship of the Velocette range, expensive to purchase but also costly to make. By the early Thirties it was becoming evident that at least one other model was needed to fill the gap between the KSS and the GTP two-stroke…

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245cc BMW R27 If you are ever offered a 'veteran' BMW you will know it's a fake because BMW wasn't founded until August 1918. Their earlier origins  lay in the manufacture of six-cylinder inline engines for the German airforce, one of which was used by the legendary fighter pilot Baron Manfred von Richthofen. However, after…

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1961 Norman B4 250cc twin sports model The town of Ashford in Kent may seem an unlikely place for a manufacturer of bicycles and motorcycles, especially when the hub of the industry lay in the Birmingham and Coventry areas of the Midlands. However, not every successful business was located there – Yorkshire produced both the…

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Norton Commando Fastback Norton Motors was one of the earliest casualties of the crumbling British motor cycle industry when, in early 1953, they encountered serious financial problems and were acquired by Associated Motor Cycles Ltd. That in itself was bad news for all Norton enthusiasts, but worse was yet to come. Although initially Norton managed…

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