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This a listing of motorcycles of the 1950s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period. * AJS 18 (1949-1963)Total Bike Classics
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AJS Model 31 The AJS Model 31 was a British motorcycle made by Associated Motor Cycles at the former Matchless works in Plumstead, London. Developed in 1958 specifically to capture the potentially lucrative US market, the last Model 31 was produced in 1966 ...
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Ariel Leader The Ariel Leader was a British motorcycle produced by Ariel Motorcycles between 1958 and 1965. A radical design, the Leader was fully enclosed with an integral windscreen and was the first British motorcycle to have optional flashing indicators ...
* BMW R24 *
BMW R25 The BMW R25 is a Motorbike made by BMW with a single Cylinder engine placed upright in the frame. Production started in the beginning of 1950 and ended 1951. A total of 23,400 motorcycles of this type were producedbmw-motorrad.com R25 {{ ...
* BMW R25/2 * BMW R25/3 * BMW R51/2 *
BMW R51/3 The BMW R51/3 was BMW's second post-World War II 500 cc motorcycle, following the briefly produced R51/2. It featured a flat-twin engine and exposed drive shaft. In 1951, the R51/3 succeeded and modernized the 1950 R51/2, which was es ...
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BMW R67 The BMW R51/3 was BMW's second post-World War II 500 cc motorcycle, following the briefly produced R51/2. It featured a flat-twin engine and exposed drive shaft. In 1951, the R51/3 succeeded and modernized the 1950 R51/2, which was es ...
* BMW R67/2 * BMW R67/3 *
BMW R68 The BMW R68 is a sport bike, sport version of the pre-1955 BMW Motorrad, BMW motorcycles. A total of 1,452 models were manufactured from 1952 to 1954,Preston making it one of BMW's rarest production motorcycles.Falloon pp: 8–13 History In ...
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BMW R50 The R60 and R60/2 are 600 cc boxer-twin that were manufactured from 1956 to 1969 in Munich, Germany, by BMW. Production history Some 20,133 of these 600 cc shaft-drive, opposed twin R60 (1956–1960, ), R60/2 (1960–1969, ), and R ...
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BMW R60 The R60 and R60/2 are 600 cc boxer-twin that were manufactured from 1956 to 1969 in Munich, Germany, by BMW. Production history Some 20,133 of these 600 cc shaft-drive, opposed twin R60 (1956–1960, ), R60/2 (1960–1969, ), and R ...
* BMW R69 *
BSA C15 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. For most of that period, after the introduction of 'L ...
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BSA Golden Flash The BSA Golden Flash, commonly referred to as the ''Gold Flash'', was a air-cooled parallel twin motorcycle designed by Bert Hopwood and produced by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at Small Heath, Birmingham. The Golden Flash was the first m ...
* BSA Road Rocket *
BSA Super Rocket The BSA Super Rocket was a air-cooled parallel twin motorcycle produced by Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) at Small Heath, Birmingham introduced in 1957. It was an improved sports bike member of the BSA A10 series of motorcycles which was ...
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BSA Sunbeam The Triumph Tigress, also sold as the BSA Sunbeam, was a scooter designed to have good performance and handling for the motorcycle enthusiast. The entry of the BSA group into the scooter field was announced by Edward Turner in October 1958 ...
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Douglas Dragonfly The Douglas Dragonfly is a motorcycle designed and built by Douglas motorcycles in Bristol. The last motorcycle produced by the company, the 1955 Dragonfly was an all-new motorcycle built to use an improved version of an existing engine. Despite ...
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Ducati Aurea The Ducati 125 Aurea was a Ducati motorcycle made from 1958 to 1962; it was only superficially different from the Bronco of 1960 to 1966. The process that produced the Aurea, and the Bronco that followed, was a form of motorcycle marketing that w ...
* Ducati 125 T * Ducati 125 TV *
Ducati 65T The Ducati 65T, and the 65TL (Turismo Lusso) luxury version, were motorcycles manufactured by Ducati Meccanica S.p.A., from 1952 to 1958, coming out in the same year as the 98. The 65TS (Turismo Sport) appeared in 1955, ten pounds lighter, with ...
* Ducati 65TL *
Ducati 65TS Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. () is the motorcycle-manufacturing division of Italian company Ducati (company), Ducati, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini, whose German par ...
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Ducati 98 The Ducati 98, 98N, 98T, 98TL, 98 Sport (98S) and 98 Super Sport (98SS) were a series of single-cylinder OHV, open-cradle pressed-steel frame motorcycles made by Ducati Meccanica from 1952 to 1958. The 98 Sport sold in London in 1956 for £178 ...
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Harley-Davidson Hummer The Hummer was a motorcycle model manufactured by Harley-Davidson from 1955 to 1959. However, the name "Hummer" is now incorrectly used generically to refer to all American-made single-cylinder two-stroke Harley-Davidson motorcycles manufactured f ...
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Harley-Davidson KR The Harley-Davidson KR or KR750 was a displacement V-twin engine racing motorcycle made by Harley-Davidson from 1953 through 1969 for flat track racing. It was also used in road racing in the KRTT faired version. When the KR was first introduc ...
* Harley-Davidson K, KK, KH, KHK *
Harley-Davidson Sportster The Harley-Davidson Sportster is a line of motorcycles produced continuously since 1957 by Harley-Davidson. Sportster models are designated in Harley-Davidson's product code by beginning with "XL". In 1952, the predecessors to the Sportster, the ...
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Harley-Davidson Servi-Car The Harley-Davidson Servi-Car was a three-wheeled utility motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson from 1932 to 1973. Concept and uses The Servi-Car was designed during the Great Depression when Harley-Davidson was desperate to expand its produc ...
(produced 1932-1973) * Harley Davidson Duo-Glide *
Heinkel Tourist The Heinkel Tourist is a motor scooter that was made by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke from 1953 to 1965. More than 100,000 were manufactured and sold.The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle: Heinkel TouristThe Ultimate Motorcycle Book: Scooters — Heinke ...
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Honda Juno The Honda Juno is a scooter. Two versions were produced, the K-series of 1954 (K, KA, KB), and the M-series of 1962 (M80, M85). Juno K The Juno K was a deliberately elaborate bike in 1954. It was Honda's first scooter and would be competing w ...
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Honda Super Cub The Honda Super Cub or Honda Cub is a Honda underbone motorcycle with a four-stroke single-cylinder engine ranging in displacement from . In continuous manufacture since 1958 with production surpassing 60 million in 2008, 87 million in 2014, a ...
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Honda C71, C76, C72, C77 Dream The Honda C71 and C72 Dream, and the identical C76 and C77 bikes with displacement, were the first larger-capacity motorcycles that Honda mass-exported. They were characterised by a pressed steel frame and alloy overhead cam, twin-cylinder en ...
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Honda C92, CB92, C95 Benly The Honda C92 Benly is a parallel-twin motorcycle made by Honda from 1959 through 1965. Running concurrently were the CB92 Sports and the slightly larger C95 , called the CA92 and CA95 in the US. These twins took their styling and design cues ...
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Indian Chief A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribe The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia. Tribal societies are sometimes categorized as ...
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James Commodore The James Commodore J4 was a 98 cubic centimeter, two-stroke, motorcycle manufactured by the James Cycle Co and announced in November 1950. The Commodore was in production from 1951 to 1953. *Engine: Villiers Engineering 1F single-cylinder engi ...
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Maicoletta The Maicoletta was a motor scooter built by Maico from 1955 to 1966. It was noted by motorcycle journalists in the United States and the United Kingdom for being powerful, responsive, and comfortable. It was one of the heaviest and most expensiv ...
* Maico Mobil *
Matchless G12 The Matchless G12 is a British motorcycle made by Associated Motor Cycles at the former Matchless factory in Plumstead, London. Developed in 1958 specifically to capture the potentially lucrative US market, the last G12 was produced in 1966. ...
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Matchless G50 The Matchless G50 is an historic racing British motorcycle made by Associated Motorcycles (AMC) at the former Matchless works in Plumstead, London. Developed in 1958 from the 350 cc AJS 7R, but with the engine capacity increased to 500  ...
* Moto Guzzi Cardellino * Moto Guzzi V8 * MV Agusta 125 SOHC *
Norton Dominator The Dominator is a twin cylinder motorcycle developed by Norton to compete against the Triumph Speed Twin. The original Dominator was designed in 1947 and 1948 by Bert Hopwood, who had been on the Speed Twin design team at Triumph. Available f ...
* OEC * Panther Model 100 * Panther Model 120 *
Puch 250 SGS 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 ...
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Royal Enfield Fury The Royal Enfield Fury is a British motorcycle made by Royal Enfield at their factory in Redditch. The ''Fury'' name has also been used by Royal Enfield Motors in India for a 175 cc motorcycle and for a new 499 cc single in their range ...
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Royal Enfield Super Meteor The Super Meteor was a British motorcycle made by Royal Enfield for export to the US between 1952 and 1962, when the Super Meteor was replaced by the 736 cc Royal Enfield Interceptor. Development In 1953, the US export market led Royal Enf ...
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Tote Gote The Tote Gote is an off-road motorcycle that was produced from 1958 to 1970. It was developed by Ralph Bonham. History Bonham created the Tote Gote to relieve the exhaustion of walking through the Utah mountains while hunting. First called th ...
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Triumph Bonneville The Triumph Bonneville is a Types of motorcycles#Standard, standard motorcycle featuring a Straight-twin engine, parallel-twin four-stroke engine and manufactured in three generations over three separate production runs. The first two generation ...
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Triumph Bonneville T120 The Triumph Bonneville T120 is a motorcycle originally made by Triumph Engineering from 1959 to 1975. It was the first model of the Bonneville series, which was continued by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. The T120 was discontinued in favour of the ...
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Triumph Thunderbird The Triumph Thunderbird is a British motorcycle that was introduced by Triumph in 1949 and produced in many forms until 1966. The name was used three more times for new and distinct Triumph models. Original Triumph: 6T Thunderbird To capture ...
('49-'66 misc. versions) * Triumph Tigress *
Triumph Tiger T110 The Triumph Tiger 110 is a British sports motorcycle that Triumph first made at their Coventry factory between 1953 and 1961. The T110 was developed from the Triumph Thunderbird and first appeared in 1954. Although it was supposed to be the ...
*Velocette - (Various Models) *
Vincent Black Knight The Vincent Black Knight is a British motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by Vincent Motorcycles. A year before the factory closed in 1955, Vincent produced the enclosed range of ''Black Knight'' and ''Black Prince''. Known as the 'Series D', t ...
* Vincent Black Prince *
Vincent Black Lightning The Vincent Black Lightning was a Vincent-HRD motorcycle first built in September 1948 at the Vincent works in Great North Road, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK, and produced from 1948 to 1952. The bike was a purpose-built factory modified Blac ...
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Yamaha YA-1 The Yamaha YA-1 is the first motorcycle produced by the Yamaha Motor Company. It was made from 1955 to 1958. This was also the first vehicle in Japan to have a primary kick start system (allowing the engine to be started with the transmission in g ...
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Zündapp Bella The Zündapp Bella is a motor scooter manufactured by motorcycle manufacturer Zündapp from 1953 to 1964. Approximately 130,000 Bella scooters were sold, with engine sizes ranging from . The design of the Bella was heavily influenced by that of ...


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File:AJS 18S 500 cc 1952.jpg, AJS 18S File:Ariel Leader left side.JPG, Ariel Leader Image:TCunninghamBike2.jpg, Tote Gote File:Faired-in Vincent.jpg, Vincent Black Prince File:Moto guzzi cardellino 1957.jpg, Moto Guzzi Cardellino File:Indian Chief Black Hawk 80 cubic inch 1950.jpg, 1950 Indian Chief Black Hawk


See also

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List of motorcycles of the 1930s This a listing of motorcycles of the 1930s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period. Motorcycle * Abendsonne *Acme motorcycle (1939–1949) *AJS Model E (1925-1939) *AJS S3 V-twin * AJS Silver Streak *AJS V4 * ...
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List of motorcycles of the 1940s This a listing of motorcycles of the 1940s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period. Motorcycle * Acme motorcycle (1939–49) * AJS 18 *AJS 7R * AJS Model 16 * AJS Model 20 *AJS Porcupine *Ariel Red Hunter *A ...
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List of motorcycle manufacturers The following is a list of motorcycle manufacturers worldwide, sorted by extant/extinct status and by country. These are producers whose motorcycles are available to the public, including both street legal as well as racetrack-only or off-road-o ...
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Cyclecars A cyclecar was a type of small, lightweight and inexpensive car manufactured in Europe and the United States between 1910 and the early 1920s. The purpose of cyclecars was to fill a gap in the market between the motorcycle and the car. A key ...
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Ford Model T The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. The relati ...
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Horse and buggy ] A horse and buggy (in American English) or horse and carriage (in British English and American English) refers to a light, simple, two-person carriage of the late 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries, drawn usually by one or sometimes by two ho ...
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Safety bicycle A safety bicycle (or simply a safety) is a type of bicycle that became very popular beginning in the late 1880s as an alternative to the penny-farthing ("ordinary") and is now the most common type of bicycle. Early bicycles of this style were kno ...
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List of motorized trikes List of motorized trikes is a list of motorized tricycles also called trikes, and sometimes considered cars. There are three typical configurations: motorized bicycle with sidecar; two wheels in the rear, one in the front (aka trike); and two in ...
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List of motorcycles by type of engine List of motorcycles by type of engine is a list of motorcycles by the type of motorcycle engine used by the vehicle, such as by the number of cylinders or configuration. A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's c ...


References

*{{Cite book , last1=Girdler , first1=Allan , title= The Harley-Davidson and Indian Wars, year= 2002, orig-year= 1997, publisher= Motorbooks International Publishing, location= St. Paul, MN US, isbn= 0-7603-1353-9 Lists of motorcycles Motorcycles introduced in the 1950s