Manuals

A WC Haycraft manual on Matchless motorcycles of the late 1920s up to 1931. Covering all models from the A/2 Silver Arrow, the B OHC 600cc Silver Hawk, through to the models X/3 and X/R3 990cc side valve v twins the information would be invaluable for those who own one of these models. Perhaps the […]

This is Villiers Parts List No 22 covering all their 2 stroke engines from 1922 to 1934 of which there are 29 different models of varying capacities. The models Mark I, II, III, IV and V with the prefixes O, A, B, C and D respectively covering the years 1913~1922 are covered in the Villiers

Whenever people talk about 1940s/50s British 2 strokes the first thing that comes to mind are the Villiers engined machines, or the BSA Bantam. Occassionally Royal Enfields own engined 125 Flying Flea or the later RE2 do come up but seldom is the J.A.P thought of. Perhaps because the engine gearbox unit, which has a

Quite a rare little 11 page booklet for a motorcycle that is even rarer. Manufactured in Birmingham possibly by R Walker & Son or W A Lloyds it is believed that the motorcycle was built exclusively for New Zealand. Very hard to verify, but having gone through all the early motorcycle books that I have

This owners manual is for all those who would like to own a vintage Henderson 4 but like me find that they are just that little bit too far away price wise. But they are out there, recently one sold in New Zealand for $120K and it wasn’t even advertised. So grab your reading glasses