J.A.P., A.K.D., Baby Triumph, BSA

JAP

Sidevalve J.A. Prestwich (JAP)

In about 1902 J.A.Prestwich and Company started the manufacture of motorcycle engines which were used in many famous motorcycle marques.

The motorcycle engines were associated with racing and record success and were commonly used in speedway bikes.

By 1957 practically all the shares in the company had been acquired by Villiers Engineering Company Limited of Wolverhampton. The engineering works in Northumberland Park closed in 1963 and J.A.Prestwich Industries Limited was liquidated in 1964

From 1904 to 1908 complete motorcycles were produced. Then the factory concentrated on supplying its engines to other manufacturers, including Brough Superior, Triumph, Royal Enfield ,AJS, Zenith, and HRD Motorcycles, the forerunner of Vincent.

Pilgrim oil pump..

 

Baby Triumph 

Veteran 2 stroke

Incorrect carb fitted


 

Abingdon King Dick (AKD) 

OHV 4 stroke. Abingdon Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer in Tyseley, Birmingham between 1903 and 1925. It was renamed AKD (Abingdon King Dick) in 1926 and produced single cylinder motorcycles until 1933,

Magneto and carb are not original. The King Dick name and logo was that of the Company Owner's show winning bulldog, and was seen as being symbolic of British tenacity and strength of character.

Pilgrim oil pump typical of 1920's motorcycles.

Founded in 1856, Abingdon King Dick is still a manufacturer of quality engineering tools.

AKD spanner

Exposed rockers.
 

BSA C10 250cc 

Sidevalve

Ignition timer had no high tension cap. Spark was fed directly from the coil.

c1940's

Lucas ignition timer

Open bellmouth carb

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