By the 1930s the only 2 motorcycle manufacturers left in America were Indian or Harley Davidson, you were either with one or the other, but very few were with both. Choice would have been made very difficult in that design and colour options from both manufacturers were similar so probably a contributing factor in purchase […]
1935 Indian Sales Catalogue Read More »
Oops – how did this one sneak in here. Well, keen Barnstormer followers would know that Knobster and myself are avid supporters of the stinkwheel, early 2 stroke motorcycles, so have included this one just to show what all you staunch 4 strokers are missing. And as the 2 lightweight models have a sort of
1955 Excelsior Sales Catalogue. Read More »
A small 4 page fold out sales catalogue of Coventry Eagle 2 stroke models. Powered by different capacities of Villiers engines there is just something about the design of these lightweight machines. Perhaps it is the all pressed steel frame, the name of Silent Superb, the cast alloy primary chain case (available on the M5
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Every year manufacturers introduced improvements for their motorcycles, and for 1924 Harley Davidsons inclusion was a newer more improved engine. This came about with the use of alloy pistons over the older cast iron items. Better heat dissipation meant better cooling, less vibration and higher speeds. A definite win for the customer. However 1924 was
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This is a single model sales catalogue for the OC Douglas. The OC is a 600cc OHV opposed twin cylinder motorcycle advertised by Douglas as The Ideal OHV Dual Purpose Mount. It would have been a top of the range motorcycle for the Bristol manufacturers and was sold as the OC Sports, the OC Solo,
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