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British Bikes / Re: Massey & Massey Arran motorcycles
« on: January 30, 2018, 09:50:47 PM »
Hi John,
Can you order me a new 8hp Blackburne v-twin for my c1921 Victor Blackburne? That would solve a few problems!
My bike was built - assembled if you prefer - in Adelaide, using the Blackburne twin, Burman heavyweight gearbox, frame lugs from R. J. Walker & Son in the UK, Druid fork, and so on. In many ways it's typical of Australian-made motorcycles of the early 1920s, but so far as I'm aware it's the only survivor with a Blackburne motor. The name Victor Blackburne was on the rusty tank, but the makers - J. N. Taylor in Adelaide - used JAP engines for most of their machines of the period.
I'm not sure that the side valve Blackburnes changed too much through the 1920s. Most of the development went into the ohv engines?
Cheers
Leon
Can you order me a new 8hp Blackburne v-twin for my c1921 Victor Blackburne? That would solve a few problems!
My bike was built - assembled if you prefer - in Adelaide, using the Blackburne twin, Burman heavyweight gearbox, frame lugs from R. J. Walker & Son in the UK, Druid fork, and so on. In many ways it's typical of Australian-made motorcycles of the early 1920s, but so far as I'm aware it's the only survivor with a Blackburne motor. The name Victor Blackburne was on the rusty tank, but the makers - J. N. Taylor in Adelaide - used JAP engines for most of their machines of the period.
I'm not sure that the side valve Blackburnes changed too much through the 1920s. Most of the development went into the ohv engines?
Cheers
Leon