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As before, Cotton made their own frames, and bought in the rest of the components for assembly. The first machine, produced till 1957, was the Cotton Vulcan, with a Villiers motor. In 1955 the Cotton Cotanza was released using a 242 cc Anzani engine, and a new frame with "pivoted-fork" rear suspension. The frame was also used in a new 1955 ...
This was a Cotton frame, a highly developed Starmaker engine and Bultaco forks. [citation needed] As well as a boost for the Greeves factory, [how?] this was an important win when the sport was beginning to become dominated by foreign motorcycles. This led to a lot of interest in the Greeves road bikes, including from a number of British Police ...
The Puch 250 SGS (Schwing-Gabel-Sport) is a motorcycle that was manufactured by the Austrian Steyr Daimler Puch AG's Puch division in Thondorf near Graz.The motorcycle is powered by a split-single two-stroke engine (two pistons sharing a single combustion chamber).
Riverside was a store brand used by North American retailer Montgomery Ward to market a range of captive import motorcycles, mopeds and scooters. The vehicles were typically manufactured by Motobecane, Benelli, Bianchi, Lambretta, or Mitsubishi. [1]
The 1967 Motocross World Championship was the 11th edition of the Motocross World Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc and 250cc motorcycles. Summary [ edit ]
250cc. Commodore L25 (1957–1962) Superswift (1962–1963) L25T Commando (1959–1962) M25T Trials (1963–1966) Cotsworth L25S scrambles (1959–1962)
The C71 and C76 were later developments, from 1957 or 1958 onwards. The C71 was the 250cc bike, while the C76 was 305cc. Not much had changed visually, but they were fitted with electric starters. Dual seats were common on export bikes, but the single seat/rack combination was available. They were exported to Europe and the US, and other markets.
The BSA C15 was a 250 cc single-cylinder ohv motorcycle manufactured by the British company BSA from September 1958 until 1967, and was BSA's first four-stroke unit-construction bike. [2] For most of that period, after the introduction of 'Learner Laws' in 1961, a 250 cc was the largest capacity solo machine that a learner could ride ...