Royal Enfield prototype Overhead camshaft engines have been with us for a long while, much longer than many would think. In terms of motorcycle engines Peugeot, to quote just one example, had a double overhead
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Sprite competition bike This story begins in the 1960s, at a time when the two stroke had already begun to show it could offer a serious challenge to its four stroke counterparts in trials and
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Velocette ohc Velocette's overhead camshaft model had proved itself popular almost from its early beginning in 1925. Their Junior TT win in 1926 had such a profound effect on sales that they had to move
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JAP speedway engine Few will be aware that John Alfred Prestwich, the founder of the north London company that made the famous JAP engine, was at first a pioneer of cinematography. His contribution to the
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Stevens single The recession of the late 20s hit the motorcycle industry particularly hard causing many of the smaller manufacturers to disappear almost overnight. Undercapitalised and often assembling in small numbers a machine that bore
Read moreReference: When was it that? Triumph
Triumph Terrier classic British motorcycle When Edward Turner launched his first Triumph twin in 1937 it marked the beginning of his plan to replace all the older single cylinder models by twins. Based on al
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Pouncy two stroke If it not been for Jack Pouncy's enterprise in Dorset, the only connection the county would have had with motorcycles was when AJW assembled mopeds with engines of foreign manufacture in Wimborne
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Baughan sidecar outfit In the days when the British motorcycle industry was at its peak each individual manufacturer was constantly striving to come up with some startling development that would give them the edge over
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KRM Superstreak racer When it became obvious that there was no longer any hope of Britain having a Grand Prix racing motorcycle capable of taking up the foreign challenge, the idea of a Manx Lottery
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BSA B31 roadster Bearing in mind the B31 BSA was made from 1945 to 1959, and the B33 from 1946 to 1960, large numbers of them are still in use judging from the number one
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