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Motorcycles at the 1922 Olympia Show

NOVEMBER 30th, 1922. Page 845
The Olympia Show.

BROUGH SUPERIOR. (89.)

Super-Sports Big Twins.

8 H.P. Model.

85.5x85 mm, (976 c.c); V twin cyl. four-stroke; side-by-side valves; drip feed lubrication; Binks carb.; chain-drive mag.; 3-sp. gear; clutch and kick-starter; chain drive; 700x80 mm. tyres. Price: Solo, £150; with Sidecar, £184.

George Brough, Haydn Road, Nottingham.

One would have thought it impossible to add any further refinements to the "S.S.80" Brough Superior. Yet this Rolls-Royce of motor cycles - it earns the title by something more than mere cost - has been further improved...

Continued: Brough Superior for 1923


CYKELAID. (158.)

For Motorising Bicycles.

1½ H.P. MODEL.

55x56 mm. (133 c.c,); single cyl. two-stroke; petroil lubrication; Amac carb.; flywheel mag.; clutch, no kick-starter; chain drive; 26x2in, tyres. Price £24 10s.

Sheppee Motor Co., Ltd., Thomas Street, York.

In its latest form the Cykelaid motor-assisted bicycle is far more workmanlike in design...

Continued: Cykelaid for 1923


CLEMENT. (181.)

Only 43 c.c. Capacity.

¾ H.P. Model.

35x45 mm. (43 c.c); single cyl. four-stroke; overhead valves; splash lubrication; gear-driven mag.; single-sp.; chain drive; 28xl¾in. tyres. Price £24 3s.

A. Clement, 26, Albany Street, London, N.W.1.

The smallest engine in the Show is fitted to this motorised bicycle, a Belgian design assembled in this country...

Continued: Clement Motor Bicycles

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