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  • Reference: A to Z classic reference: Benelli

    Reference: A to Z classic reference: Benelli

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    Benelli 354 Sport Benelli 1917- Italy The six Benelli brothers, with help from their mother, Teresa, established an engineering firm in Pesaro in 1911. A 75cc two-stroke, clip-on motorcycle was designed in 1917, which had grown to 98cc by the time production started two years later. The first complete motorcycles were built in 1921. Antonio…

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  • Reference: A to Z classic reference: Armis – AWO

    Reference: A to Z classic reference: Armis – AWO

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    Ascott-Pullin sported a pressed steel chassis Armis 1920-23 UK One of a host of small manufacturers who sprang up after WWI to cash in on the sudden high demand for motorcycles, the Armis Cycle Manufacturing Co Ltd of Birmingham ceased production in 1924 when the market shrank. Used proprietary engines including Precision, JAP and Blackburne…

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  • Reference: A to Z classic reference: AJS

    Reference: A to Z classic reference: AJS

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    Sporting ohv 349cc AJS K6 was available in racing trim to special order as KR6 1909-31 In 1874 Joe Stevens of Wednesfield, Nr Wolverhampton began trading as J Stevens & Co, engineering blacksmiths. In 1894 he relocated to Tempest Street, Wolverhampton and was joined by two of his sons, Harry and Joe Junior. An American…

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  • Reference: A to Z classic reference: Advance – AJR

    Reference: A to Z classic reference: Advance – AJR

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    1961 Aero-Caprioni 125 de luxe Advance c1904-12 UK A respected pre WWI maker, Advance built single cylinder and V-twin motorcycles powered by their own engines. The Advance had a lower than normal frame design. Only a few examples survive. AER 1938-40 UK Advanced looking single and twin cylinder two-strokes built by Liverpudlian Scott dealer and…

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  • II Mulo Meccanico

    II Mulo Meccanico

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    II Mulo Meccanico military three wheeler There’s a subtle irony in the fact that the Triking, a sporty little Morgan-like three-wheeler currently built in Norfolk should utilise the power unit and transmission of the transverse vee-twin Moto Guzzi motor cycle; because in truth that engine – or, more correctly, the progenitor of that engine –…

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  • H-D Knucklehead engine

    H-D Knucklehead engine

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    Harley-Davdison’s distinctive ohv Knucklehead engine There are those who march towards the sound of gunfire. So it was with the executives of Harley-Davidson. Harley's roots go back to 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Boyhood friends and bicycle enthusiasts William S Harley and Arthur Davidson, both with jobs in engineering, built their own sin­gle cylinder engine and…

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  • FN Four: engine profile

    FN Four: engine profile

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    FN four cylinder engine FN's first motor cycle was produced in 1902. A 133cc single, it was successful enough to convince the factory that there was a future in two-wheelers. The following year the capacity was increased to 188cc, and in 1904 to 300cc. In charge of development was a young Belgian engineer, Paul Kelecom,…

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  • Norton Dunstall Dominator

    Norton Dunstall Dominator

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    Paul Dunstall Norton Dominator 650 (pdf) How about this for a dream? Two-miles-a-minute  top whack; out-accelerate a Manx Norton; cover a standing-start quarter-mile in sprint time yet easily restart on a 1 in 4 gradient; tick-tock idling at 500 rpm. This dream travels under the name, Dunstall Dominator. On road and track it provided me…

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  • Brooklands double twelve

    Brooklands double twelve

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    Des Heckle aboard the Francis-Barnett Falcon he rescued in 2006 Club members brought a small, but varied selection of bikes to make up a small display to the side of the famous Clubhouse. In spite of the nearby display of the more outrageous aero-engined cars, there was a lot of interest in the two wheelers…

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  • VMCC Racing Lydden

    VMCC Racing Lydden

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    Long-time campaigner Mervyn Stratford continued to wring amazing performances from his 1934 Rudge 250. The 350 class saw some interesting battles between Ducatis and Gold Stars. John Warwick and his 1958 500 Gold Star frequently put it across the Manxes and G50s as well as the bigger twins. Rob Walker was another to use a…

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