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Motorcycles at the 1922 Olympia Show

NOVEMBER 30th, 1922. Page 850
The Olympia Show.

WOOLER. (18.)

Overhead Camshaft Flat Twin.

2¾ H.P. Model.

  • 60.5x60 mm. (345 c.c); flat twin cyl. four-stroke; overhead valves; mechanical lubrication; 3. and B. carb.; chain-driven mag.; 3-sp. gear; clutch, no kick-starter: gear and chain drive; 26x2¼in. tyres. Price £80.

Dederich Wooler Eng. Co,, Ltd., Alperton, London.

Right from their inception, Wooler motor cycles have always tended to be unconventional, and many of their original features for example, the simple system of front and rear suspension are still retained on this, the latest model...

Continued: Wooler 1923

DIAMOND. (93.)

Sleeve Valve or Two-stroke Models.

3½ H.P. Model.

  • 79x70 mm. (343 c.c); one cyl. two-stroke; drip feed lubrication; Amac carb.; fly wheel-driven mag.; 3-sp. gear; clutch and kick-starter; chain drive; 26x2¼in. tyres. Price £60.

The D.F. and M Engineering Co., Ltd., Diamond Works, Wolverhampton.

Visitors to this stand will find three different and well-known types of engines...

Continued: Diamond 1923

WEATHERELL. (11.)

With Speed Trials Interest.

2¾ H.P. Model.

  • 71x88 mm. (348 c.c); single cyl. four-stroke; overhead valves; drip-feed lubrication; Vici carb.; chain-driven mag.; 3-sp. gear; clutch and kick-starter; chain drive; 26x2¼in. tyres. Price £80.

P. Weatherell and Co., Ltd., The Terrace, High Road, Kilburn.

Perhaps the chief success of the 350 c.c. Weatherell was to win the 100-mile Giant Handicap at Brooklands last summer, but a study of 1922 speed trials results will often discover this make in a prominent position, for it has distinguished itself in many meetings...

Continued: Weatherell Motorcycles

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