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This set of 1920’s motorcycle cards was issued when Britain was still a great industrial nation. It includes 1920's bikes from instantly recognisable British motorcycle manufacturers such as Triumph, Norton, Royal Enfield, BSA and AJS.
Many of the early motorcycle manufacturers started out in bicycle production before progressing to motorised versions. Although not all the early firms made it to the 1920s, this set does feature a bike produced by Excelsior, which was the first British company to manufacture motorcycles in 1896. Other early manufacturers include Humber Motorcycles, Matchless and Coventry-Eagle.
Raleigh is one of the oldest bicycle companies in the world and is still going today. Even they spent a short period of time expanding into motorcycles, from the 1920s-1930s, but obviously they weren’t as successful at it as they were with their bicycle line. This set also includes motorcycles manufactured by companies normally associated with cars, such as Rover and Sunbeam.
Britain built up a worldwide reputation for quality workmanship. Brough Superior motorcycles were dubbed the "Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles" by H. D. Teague of The Motor Cycle newspaper. Brough Superior boasted prestigious patrons such as T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and George Bernard Shaw
Velocette, a small family owned business, could not compete against BSA on quantity but were renowned for the quality of their products.
W.D. & H.O. Wills, Motor Cycles, 1926 (50 cards)
Includes:New Gerrard 348 cc Blackburne engine, AJS G. 8, P & M Panther, Ner-A-Car Model C, Chater-Lea 348cc super sports model, Quadrant, Montgomer 986cc, sports model AJR 344cc twin port JAP engine, Elcelsior, 496cc James, 348cc Bradbury, 248cc Raleigh, SS100 Brough Superior, 493cc De Luxe BSA, 498cc Scott Super Squirrel, REX-ACME sports model, Triumph Model P, Connaught Model G, 680 model twin-cylinder Zenith, Velocette, New Imperial Super-Sports overhead valve model 246cc, 342 Sun Villiers lightweight side car outfit, 349cc 1926 model Humber, 497cc Ariel, HRD 490cc JAP , Coventry Eagle Flying 8, 498cc Matchless, Douglas, Grindlay 344cc overhead valve JAP engine, O.K., 300cc J.A.P. engine Carfield, 348cc New Hudson Super Sports Model, Calthrope 348cc, Rover 345cc single cylinder, Royal Enfield Sports Model 346cc, 700cc N.U.T., 247cc Cedos, Cotton, 490cc Overhead valve O.E.C., 499cc Rudge, Diamond 172cc, 499cc long-stroke Sunbeam, 588cc Norton, Radco, Francis-Barnett 172cc two-stroke, 247cc Levis, Dunlet, Omega 345cc JAP engine, Ivy 499cc , Coventry Victor 499cc
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