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Knobster and I both have a fascination with the English Stinkwheels, an enduring term for the early smokey, stinky 2 stroke motorcycles. Mine is the 225cc Royal Enfield whereas Knobster likes any underpowered light weight 2 stroke that allows him to hop off at the slightest of hills and exercise his legs by pushing. Not […]
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With black clouds gathering on the horizon from Europe and the possibility of war with Germany it was quite surprising that for 1939 BSA was to offer up 16 different models and 5 sidecars. Perhaps they were in belief that the Hilter wasn’t a tyrant and that the politicians would have it all sorted by
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For 1925 The Famous James was advertised as the King of Motorcycles. Perhaps a play for extra attention from the public as Douglas was one of the few that had a Royal Warrant for their machines and there is nothing more in the James sales catalogue that states that they also shared this special recognition.
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This sales catalogue from 1926 is not complete and its front cover is missing but it had at least 18 pages, of which the 8 remaining pages are published here. The value held within these pages makes it worth while, and the models include the Big 4 6.33hp, the 16H 4.90 Sports, the Model 18
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This sales catalogue is not dated but is post war from Wellington Motor Dealers Sutherland and Wilkinson, and is believed to be about 1949. As the same with other motorcycle manufacturers after World War 2 Ariel would have been struggling to produce completely new models so the 1946 to 50 machines were very similar to
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