"1915 That model was joined by a similar one with a 349cc Peco engine, plus a four-stroke model with a Villiers engine and another with a V-twin King Dick. Http:/ / genealogy/ Boulton/ Chapter2/ part4.htm " (There is a photo of an engine looking very much like Bob's, but without "Villiers" on the primary cover.) Despite it's exposed valve gear and lightly finned cylinder, the magneto and primary drive enclosures are both modern in appearance. The unit-construction two-speed design, which bore a strong resemblance to a contemporary NSU, featured overhead inlet and side exhaust valves. Launched in 1912, ahead of the company's more popular 270cc two-stroke, it was employed in Ixion and Wolf motorcycles. It's an example of the only four-stroke motorcycle engine ever built at Wolverhampton. LISTER TYPE J & Type L Petrol Engines INSTRUCTION BOOKLET + Spare Parts - 7. is keen to swap this rare 350cc Villiers four-stroke single (.). The engine had the same dimensions as the two-stroke the company offered in 1913, the start of the stroker line."Īdded: Partly contradicting the above, from the same publication in October 1991: "Engine manufacturer Villiers offered a 269 cc four-stroke in 1912. What motorcycles use Villiers engines To give an impression of how widely used Villiers engines were here is a list, names only, of motorbikes which had Villiers engines in some or all of their models in the post World War II period alone: Aberdale, ABJ, AJS, AJW, Ambassador, BAC, Bond, Bown, Butler, Commander, Corgi, Cotton, Cyc-Auto, DMW, Dot, Excelsior.
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