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The new 250 cc engine produced 25 per cent more power than the older 269 cc engine. In 1926 Villiers introduced an even smaller engine, the 125 cc with twin exhaust ports and side-mounted carburettor, and in 1927 they introduced the 344 cc twin 2-stroke.
Peter Inchley on the Villiers Starmaker Special in 1966 lapped The Island at 93.17 mph, the only Brish 250 to lap at over 90, completing the 250 race at over 90 mph, finishing 3rd. [13] This was a Cotton frame, a highly developed Starmaker engine and Bultaco forks.
Villiers Starmaker-derived 4-stroke engine. Liquid cooled Road bike FB-AJS 1974 - 1987 Villiers Starmaker-derived 2-stroke engine. 250, 370 & 410 Moto-X & Trail Cotton Cobra Replica 1991–2000 Villiers Starmaker-derived 2-stroke engine. 250 Road bike Cotton Telstar Replica 1992–1998 Villiers Starmaker-derived 2-stroke engine. 250 Classic Racer
Ambassador Motorcycles is a British motorcycle manufacturer. Founded by racer Kaye Don after the World War II, the company produced lightweight motorcycles with Villiers and JAP engines and imported Zundapps from Germany.
After the war, they used Villiers engines to make the 250 cc Viking and in 1949 they used their own engine for the Talisman, a smooth two-stroke with 180-degree crank. A later 328 cc twin-carb sports version, the S8, did not sell well, although the engine itself achieved some success in Berkeley microcars in both 328 cc twin and 492 cc triple ...
Further, the demise of their main engine supplier, Villiers, and the increasing number of foreign imports, spelled the end of large scale production. Burnard Wade developed and marketed motor cycle suspension units, sold spares and undertook general engineering work to keep the company viable, but always hoped to return to motorcycle manufacture.
Phelon & Moore also produced a range of lightweight machines, also generally carrying the name Panther or Red Panther, using their own four-stroke single engines and Villiers two-stroke engines. The Red Panther was known for being the cheapest complete bike available in the thirties, priced at a fraction under £30 . [ 16 ]
98 cc Villiers 4F two-stroke DMW Deemster scooter 1961–1967 249 cc Villiers twin-cylinder two-stroke. In 1968 they produced a version with a Velocette horizontally opposed engine (also used in the Velocette Viceroy scooter) but it was not a success and only around 350 were built, 250 of which went to the police fleet. DMW Sports Twin 1962