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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: sarolea31 on November 12, 2011, 08:18:06 PM

Title: Enfield cush-drive hub?
Post by: sarolea31 on November 12, 2011, 08:18:06 PM
hello, could anyone tell me what bike this hub is from? some say it is an Enfield cush-drive hub, but could not say from what bikes it might be.

many thanks and greetings.
Per.
Title: Re: Enfield cush-drive hub?
Post by: R on November 12, 2011, 09:56:01 PM
Definitely an Enfield design of hub - that cush drive is very distinctive.

Enfields themselves used this hub of course, and that hollow axle idea - prewar Enfields for some years had sprocket and brake drum on opposite sides.
And being a smaller size of drum, was for the smaller models of Enfields. I notice, for example, the Models B, C, L, LO and G for 1935 had a rear 6 &1/2" drum, among many such examples and years.
The larger models tended to use a bigger drum - which became detachable at some point.   HopethisHelps.
Title: Re: Enfield cush-drive hub?
Post by: JFerg on November 13, 2011, 05:19:06 AM
Lots of people used enfield hubs; many of the smaller manufacturers like Brough Superior and New Imperial, as well as bigger players like P&M.  That hub could go into any of dozens of different lightweights of the thirties.

JFerg
Title: Re: Enfield cush-drive hub?
Post by: cardan on November 14, 2011, 04:49:34 AM

The hub is very similar to the one used by Norton in the mid-1920s. What is the drum size for a 16H around 1926?

Leon