Spagthorpe Motorcycles

Modern Spagthorpe:
The Modern Era

In 1980 young Julian Spagthorpe inherited his Ancestor's title, lands, and mounting expenses for the maintenance thereof. So he hired Royal Barrister Alaistair Bannister to wrest ownership of the once-proud family business from the British National Group. Once in his own capable hands, the legendary motorcycle manufacturing marque continued the centuries-old tradition of fine engineering excellence.

Model Dates Engine Layout Remarks
Birddog
Summer, 2002

1000cc Y-3 Dual/Single-opposed Triple

Active Flywheel

Basenji

1994

transversely-mounted counter-rotating dual-rotor Wankel

Exquisitely balanced counterrotating engine accessories
Chihuahua
1993

162hp
1800cc twin

Stealth Sportbike with titanium tubelet space frame weighs 2.9kg; motorcycle weighs 241.3 lbs
Werewolf

1985

  Performance version of Wolfhound. Only known prototype was lost aboard the S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald.
Wolfhound 1985 1388 cc W-4, desmodromic valves Long-distance cruiser. Shaft drive, liquid cooling, disc brakes, 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission with reverse, air conditioning
Yorkie 1982 supercharged double counterrotating rotary 25-175hp 19 stone; Reverse Earles fork; single- tube tubular frame
Iguana 1982 multifuel Diesel engine with electric assist chain/shaft/belt-driven starter motor.
Doberman 1981 412cc supercharged 2-stroke inline triple  

Greyhound

1981   First model after company revival. Reverse Earles fork
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