British motorcycles

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For many years motorcycle fans talked about the 'urban myth' of the Brough Superiors. But now a fleet of eight bikes have been located in Bodmin, Cornwall.

1955 BSA B33 "Catalina Replica" for Sale, Beautifully built. Easy starter. Classed as Historic Vehicle. Tax & Mot exempt. Restored in 2010. Only 1000 miles since

WHAT’S IN A NAME? Velocette Motorcycles, the company, was originally called Veloce Ltd. Founded by John Goodman (born Johannes Gutgemann, then changed to John Taylor, and then finally to John Goodman) and William Gue in 1905 as “Taylor, Gue Ltd.”, it’s first motorcycle was called the “Veloce”. Within a year, they had renamed the company Veloce Ltd. They began producing 4-stroke motorcycles under that name. Then in 1913, they built their first 2-stroke machine & named it the “Velocette”. They…

Motorcycles built by Birmingham Small Arms 1960 to 1969

The Matchless G50 is a competition motorcycle first introduced in 1958, to compete with the Norton Manx and the other top notch racing single-cylinder

Terry Macdonald

MANX NORTON 500CC MOTORCYCLE.

Here's a snap shot of Triumphs line up in 1969. I'd be happy to have any one of these sitting in my garage!

Matchless 1966 G80CS Scrambler 497 cc OHV single frame # C11126 engine # G80CS/5235 The 500 cc G80 first appeared in 1936 with engine dimensions of 82.5 x 93 mm. It had a twin port head, dry sump lubrication, exposed valves, Burman gearbox and a frame with twin down tubes. At the outbreak of war some of these features had changed: single down tube frame, single port head and full enclosure for its hairpin springs were now specified on the G80. After the war the G80 engine design was…