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Norton 1975 Commando 850 MK3 828cc 2 cyl ohv 2611

US$10,509.60 Norton 1975 Commando 850 828cc 2 cyl ohv frame # 850 332738 Engine # 850 332738When first produced in 1967, the Commando had a 750cc twin engine, from a design that had established its roots with the earlier 650cc Dominator and 750cc Atlas models. The Mk 3 Commandos were the first electric start-assisted Nortons to be offered, and 1975 was also the first year that footshift control was moved to the left side of the engine. During the ten years it was in production it was popular all over the world. In the United Kingdom it won the MCN "Machine of the Year" competition for five successive years from 1968-1972. Top speed was about 122 MPH or 195 KM/H.The 850 Commando was launched in March 1975 and for the first time was fitted with an "electric starter" - better described as electric "assister" to aid kickstarting. Commandos used a four-speed chain drive transmission and twin Amal slider carburetors. The Commando easily outperformed contemporary Triumph and BSA twins and was the most powerful and best-handling British motorcycle of its day.This 1975 850 Norton Commando is in a good, used condition and runs very well.

Wall 1914 Autowheel 118cc 1 cyl aiv 2611

US$6,284.66 Wall 1914 “ Autowheel” with period Raleigh ladies bicycle 118 cc aiv Frame number 85863K engine number 43705.Mr. A. W. Wall produced various types of motorized vehicles in the ROC Motor Works in Birmingham.The company was financed by the famous writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Initially Precision-engined motorcycles were built with very long frames that could be equipped with two...

Vincent 1950 Comet 500cc 1 cyl ohv 2611

US$27,409.60 Vincent 1950 Comet frame RC/1/5787 Engine F5AB/2A/3887 Since his schoolboy days Philip Vincent had been a great admirer of Howard Raymond Davies, who had begun manufacturing HRD machines at Wolverhampton in 1924. While studying mechanical engineering at Cambridge Vincent built his prototype Vincent Special that already incorporated the strong triangulated and braced sprung rear fork that would remain a...

FN 1907 500cc 4 cyl aiv 2611

US$52,284.10 FN 1907 498 cc four cylinder overhead inlet valves frame# 17220 To many enthusiasts the FN four has always been one of the most appealing machines of veteran and vintage times. Its production ran from 1905 till 1926.The earliest type had a 362 cc engine with automatic overhead inlet valves and side exhaust valves. The machine was single geared,...

Sarolea 1929 model 25O 350cc 1 cyl sv 2611

US$10,034.30 Sarolea 1929 350 cc SV “25 O” frame# 46757 engine# 46757The firm was established in 1850 at Herstal( Liege) as an arms factory by Joseph Saroléa. In 1892 the production of bicycles was started. Joseph died in 1894 and under the management of his sons the company grew bigger and bigger.In the early years of the new century the...

Triumph 1924 Junior 249cc 1 cyl ts 2611

US$6,865.59 Triumph 1924 “LW” 249 cc two stroke engine # 11399 ORUTriumph's 500cc machines were high and somewhat difficult for a lightly built person to mount and handle, even with a clutch in the hub of the rear wheel.So Triumph decided to manufacture something more suitable - the Model LW - Light Weight.This idea might well have originated from Siegfied...

BMW 1929 R52/57 500cc 2 cyl ohv

US$52,284.10 BMW 1929 R 52 / R 57 494 cc ohv transverse twin frame#22742 engine# 49628The first BMW, the 500 cc side valve R 32, was marketed in 1923. 3100 machines were built.Two years later an OHV version was brought out, the R 37.This machine had the smallest production run of all commercially produced models in the company’s motorcycling history:...

Sarolea 1925 23H 500cc 1 cyl sv 2611

US$16,371.80 Saroléa 1925 500 cc S.V. “23 H frame # 14830 engine # 12521The firm was established in 1850 at Herstal (Liege) as an arms factory by Joseph Saroléa. In 1892 the production of bicycles was started. Joseph died in 1894 and under the management of his sons the company grew bigger and bigger.In the early years of the new...

Indian 1915 1000cc 2 cyl ioe 2611

US$40,665.40 Indian’s first, 38.61ci (633cc) v-twin appeared in 1907 with an engine clearly derived from that of the single, though mechanical inlet valves - introduced for 1908 - were an early improvement.The twin’s rear cylinder continued to form part of the frame until 1909 when a loop frame of the type favoured by rivals Harley-Davidson was adopted.The Springfield Company’s first...

Sarolea 1934 34S 500cc 1 cyl ohv 2611

US$22,445.20 Sarolea 1934 “34S Supersport” 499 cc ohv frame & engine # 303835 The firm was established in 1850 at Herstal( Liege) as an arms factory by Joseph Saroléa. In 1892 the production of bicycles was started. Joseph died in 1894 and under the management of his sons the company grew bigger and bigger. In the early years of the...

Rikuo 1955 Model R 750cc 2 cyl sv 2611

US$15,315.60 The Japanese were interested in motorcycles as inexpensive transportation.A few Japanese inventors were turning out prototype machines, but there was no real indigenous motorcycle industry and a limited choice of imports.Harley-Davidson's hugely successful v-twins were copied by rival manufacturers in both Europe and Japan.The first Harley-Davidson motorcycles had been imported into Japan by the Army around 1912, and after...

Rex 1913 6hp 896cc 2 cyl sv 2611

US$31,634.50 Rex was one of the first and foremost manufacturers of motorcycles in Britain.Their advertising slogan read “ The King of British motors”, and the firm was a true market leader in design and development.From 1902 the engine was positioned vertically in the frame, and all parts were made – so claimed the makers- at their own works.At the 1904...

Douglas 1920 4hp 600cc 2 cyl sv 2611

US$23,765.50 Douglas 1920 4 HP 596 cc side valve flat twin Frame # 12657 Engine # 11612 This Bristol-based firm developed the horizontally opposed fore-aft unit in about 1907 and continued utilising this engine layout well into the thirties.The earliest Douglas models had direct belt drive, but in 1910 a two-speed gearbox was added, with the control on top of...

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