New Imperial, Blackburne, A.J.S.

New Imperial



OHV 350cc twin port

Exposed rockers

c1920's

Carb is from a Vellocette

Blackburne

Blackburne was a trade name of Burney and Blackburne Limited a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1913 to 1922 at Tongham near Farnham, Surrey. They were also a major supplier of engines to other motor cycle and light car makers and continued to make these until 1937. Burney and Blackburne also made small aircraft engines

Old interesting sidevalve

Nicely embossed timing cover logo.

Unknown brass carb

AJS

AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, from 1909 to 1931, by then holding 117 motorcycle world records. After the firm was sold, the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on four-stroke motorcycles till 1969, and since the name's resale in 1974, on lightweight, two-stroke scramblers and today on small-capacity roadsters and cruisers.

C1930's

Sidevalve

Behive valve springs way back then..