The Ariel SF31 was introduced in 1931 as Ariel’s offering in the then popular 500cc class of motorcycle. The engine was quite different to the other Ariel offerings being an OHV single with the cylinder laid…
Ariel 499cc Model SF31 ‘Sloper’
Brough Superior OHV 680 Black Alpine
George Brough was a motorcycle enthusiast, racer, entrepreneur and salesman. All the qualities needed to succeed in the business of motorcycle manufacture. Brough began his business in 1919 and since his father was already making motorcycles…
FN 8hp 750 T Four
Fabrique Nationale (FN) of Belgium have a long history as firearms makers and also have a long association with John Moses Browning. In fact Browning now own FN and Winchester and the current model Winchester Model…
Douglas 596cc Aero
Those who are aficionados of the BMW R Series motorcycles may not realize that the horizontally opposed Boxer engine of the R Series was first created when a BMW engineer named Max Fritz reverse engineered a British…
1912 Henderson Four
Back when he was a sixteen year old just leaving school to join his family’s business Winton Motors young William Henderson would have had no idea that he was on a path that would make his…
Harley-Davidson X8E Big Twin – Ex Steve McQueen
The Harley-Davidson X8E was arguably the first “Big Twin”. Introduced in the second half of 1912 the X8E had a 60 cu. in. (1000cc) engine putting out 8hp replacing its 6.5hp predecessor. This was Harley-Davidson’s first…
