Royal Enfield Running in Instructions
While not exactly a factory manual, its a great insight to the type of literature available at the time. Published by Acheson Colloids Limited in 1948
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Books
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McSnottys Good Reads – Burt Munro – A Scrapbook of His Life.
You would think that with 2 books already published in the last few years about Burt Munro that not much more could be said. Not so! This latest publication titled The Worlds Fastest Indian was authored by the same person who produced the movie, Roger Donaldson.
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Albion Gearboxes Part 1.
Stepping up from single speed and 2 speed drives to 3 speed gearboxes with clutches was a major achievement for the British motorcycle industry in the 1920s. A few manufacturers had achieved this in the late 1910s with their own designs but the majority of machines in the 20s were fitted with Sturmey Archer, Burman,
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James 1930 Sales Catalogue.
When you mention James motorcycles people usually think of the popular post war Villiers unit construction 2 stroke models, or of autocycles. However like most well established manufacturers of the 40s and 50s their prewar history of the 1920s and 30s can be even more interesting and James Motorcycles would be no different.
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A Bit of Christmas Cheer.
This is closed now and our winner is FLAT TANK from Australia. We’ll be in touch and get the book in the mail. Be in to win something FREE. Surely not! Yep the silly season makes us all do silly things and the boys at Barnstormers Central have decided to give away a book. In
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