AO gearbox alldays and onions ?

[wetdog]

have dug out a two speed gearbox i have , the only marks are the letters AO , its a cross over type ie cluch one side drive the other ( like the triumph im working on ) ring any bells with anyone i will try and take pics later thanks

[cardan]

Alldaysand Onions did use cross-over gearboxes around 1914, but I think they were 3 speed. You could be on the right track...

Leon

[wetdog]

thanks i had a 1912 aldays onions round tank fitted with a rock hub and live axel wish id have kept it . found this on another site but not sure if it refers to a gearbox or two speed hub , will take some pics ,
1911 Only the larger, belt-driven model with rigid forks was listed. The company revised the 3.5hp model and although it was still belt driven, it now had two-speed gearing and Druid forks. This well-built machine was fairly inexpensive. Later that year the Alldays-Matchless appeared. This had a 6hp twin engine, three-speed gearbox and all-chain drive.

[cardan]

Yep should have kept that bike - could have had some fun on it!

The 1911 Alldays had a Millenium 2-speed gear in the hub. For the 1914 year (announced in November 1913) the 3 1/2 h.p. (500cc single) could have had a 3-speed cross-over gear box (like the 6 h.p. twin you mention) or a 3-speed Sturmey Archer rear hub.

Not sure where a 2-speed gearbox might fit in, but anything's possible.

Leon

[wetdog]

sold it and bought a 1914 Humber , but it was good fun , unlike the humber which destroyed the stermy archer hub first time out .

[bentandbroken]

   hi guys anyone out there got a 3 speed Alldays gearbox  i need one for my V twin   .in  any condition or just borrow for a pattern