Sunbeam 1918 4 ch Modèle militaire français 545 cm3 à soupapes latérales Cadre n° 7444 Moteur n° 134 7291 Boîte de vitesses n° 8777Une Sunbeam qui sort de l'ordinaire ! Au fil des ans, nous avons vendu plus de 80 motos Sunbeam, mais c'est la première fois que nous en recevons une équipée d'une transmission par courroie. C..
From a deceased estate; in single-family ownership from 1948 - 2022; veteran of many Pioneer Runs; original number plate; vast and complex history file; come and see it! This Douglas comes with a vast history file extending back to the late 1920s which will take the next owner many happy hours to digest.A buff logbook records the d..
From a deceased estate; in the current family ownership since 1929; veteran of dozens of Pioneer Runs; engine out for rebuild; vast history file; original number plate; many spares included This 1914 Douglas 350cc has been in the current family ownership since 1929, passing from father to son in 1991. It seems to have completed the London..
From a deceased estate; current owner since 1966; restored in 1971 and in regular use since; veteran of many Pioneer Runs; original number plate; rare machine with lots of history and lots to like! “GOOD NEWS! Drudgery and fatigue are forever ended! Nevermore will you feel fagged out ten miles from home. No need now to tramp on foot, wear..
Triumph 1914 4HP 550 cc type “C” Roadster 3 speed Sturmey Archer combination frame # 2240MS engine # 35942 High quality of finish and workmanship were always very strong points with Triumph; year by year details in the design were improved. Some of the “important improvements” (as the company put it) listed in the 1914 catalogue were: 85×..
Abingdon King Dick 1912ca 3 ½ HP Standard Model 499 cc side valve single frame # 1346 engine # 2447 Founded in 1856, Abingdon King Dick is to this day an established manufacturer of quality engineering tools, see https://www.kingdicktools.co.uk/info/index.asp?page=history-of-abingdon-king-dick-100Originally called Abingdon Engineer..
Minerva 1907 4 ½ HP 577 cc à soupapes latérales, bicylindre en V – cadre n° 2081, moteur n° 30627M. Sylvain de Jong, né à Amsterdam le 5 janvier 1868, s’installa à l’âge de 13 ans avec ses parents et ses deux frères à Bruxelles. Après avoir travaillé quelques années comme journaliste, il se rendit au Royaume-Uni pour étudier la pro..
New Crescent 1912 4 ¼ HP 598 cc Precision with wicker sidecar frame # 281 engine # 4421 This New Crescent combination, a rare survivor from Britain’s pioneering motorcycling days, was manufactured by Arthur Richardson of 185, Shaftesbury Crescent, Derby, from whence the name ‘New Crescent’ derives. Richardson’s career neatly illustrates t..
NSU 1905 « 2 ½ ch » 331 cm³ IOE monocylindre cadre n° 103701 moteur n° 3437L’entreprise débuta comme fabricant de machines à tricoter (Neckarsulmer Strickmaschinen Union) et se lança dans le commerce de bicyclettes en 1886. Il fut logique de passer ensuite à la production de motocyclettes, et en 1901 le premier vélo NSU motorisé, é..
La Triumph Model H est l'une des motos « tank-between-tube » les plus connues parmi les passionnés, et on la voit souvent dans les rassemblements de motos anciennes à travers le monde. Même si son fabricant utilisait le nom « Trusty » depuis 1910, c'est ce modèle qui était le plus associé à cette appellation. En fait, c'était une version amélior..
"The K3 Magnette must rank in the history books as the most famous and successful of all the record breaking MGs. With only 33 examples produced durin..