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Motorcycles at the 1922 Olympia Show

NOVEMBER 30th, 1922. Page 749
The Olympia Show.

MONOPOLE.

Stand 37.

With one exception all the Monopole models arc fitted with single-cylinder J.A.P. engines, and generally speaking have been little altered since last Show.

A chain-driven 348 c.c. super-sports J.A.P. engined lightweight represents an entirely new model. It has a three-speed gear box, and is quite an attractive little machine without being in any way unconventional. A touring lightweight, a sidecar outfit to very much the same specification, a 293 c.c. chain-driven sporting machine, a chain-cum-belt 293 c.c. touring model, and a 247 c.c. Villiers-engined direct belt two-stroke, complete the range.

  • Monopole
  • J.E.S.

    Stand 38.

    Three examples of the two main J.E.S. models will be shown - a single speed belt-driven miniature, a three speed chain-driven miniature, and a four speed, chain-driven 247 c.c. lightweight The last-mentioned is new, and, after the historic performance of the four-speed 169 c.c. machine in the English Six Days Trials this year, it will be inspected with more than ordinary care. The engine is a straightforward three port two-stroke, but the gear box is on a principle uncommon to motor cycles, but often incorporated on machine tools, i.e., of the sliding key constant mesh type. Engine lubrication is automatic.

    More conventional single and double-seated sidecars will be staged, the two smaller twin and the largest single Blackburne engine used.

    Finally there will be examples of a representative range of solo singles below 350 c.c.

  • JES
  • O.E.C. BLACKBURNE.

    Stand 40.

    For four years the Osborn Engineering Co., Ltd.. made the Blackburne motor cycle, which it now markets under the name of the O.E.C.-Blackburne.

    At last year's Show a minor sensation was caused by the O.E.C.-Blackburne sidecar taxi, with wheel steering. This model will again be shown; it is engined by a 1,098 c.c. Blackburne twin. Incidentally the wheel steering is readily adaptable to any make of motor cycle, and is recommended for use with sidecars that foul the handle-bars at full lock.

  • OEC
  • COVENTRY EAGLE.

    Stand 43.

    Additions have been made at both ends of the extensive range of Coventry Eagle machines. An attractive miniature with a 147 c.c. Villiers two-stroke engine represents a worthy new supporter to the ever-growing class of ultra lightweight, and a super-sporting 976 c.c. twin similarly joins the ranks of luxurious solo mounts. The twin carries the super-sports J.A.P. engine in a very compact fashion, and generally speaking its very lines shout of speed and power. No carrier is fitted, but otherwise the equipment is eminently suitable for touring.

  • Coventry-Eagle
  • The Motor Cycle, November 1922

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