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Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom 1897 establishments in England 1966 disestablishments in England Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Defunct companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands Manufacturing companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands British companies disestablished in 1966 British companies established in 1897 {{motorcycle-stub
The James Cycle Co Ltd., Greet, Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, England, was one of many British cycle and motorcycle makers based in the English Midlands
The Midlands (also referred to as Central England) are a part of England that broadly correspond to the Kingdom of Mercia of the Early Middle Ages, bordered by Wales, Northern England and Southern England. The Midlands were important in the Ind ...
, particularly Birmingham. Most of their light motorcycles, often with the characteristic maroon finish, used Villiers and, later, AMC two-stroke engines
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of ...
.
James were prolific bicycle and motorcycle manufacturers from 1897 to 1966. The company was taken over by Associated Motor Cycles
Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by the Collier brothers as a parent company for the Matchless and AJS motorcycle companies. It later absorbed Francis-Barnett, James, and Norton before incorporation ...
in 1951 and combined with Francis-Barnett
Francis & Barnett Limited was an English motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1919 by Gordon Inglesby Francis and Arthur Barnett and based in Lower Ford Street, Coventry, England. Early motor cycles were affectionately known as ' Franny B'. Motorcy ...
in 1957. In 1966 the company became one of the many British motorcycle companies forced out of business by Japanese competition.
Models
James produced the 98 cc Autocycle, 125 cc Comet,Commodore
Commodore may refer to:
Ranks
* Commodore (rank), a naval rank
** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom
** Commodore (United States)
** Commodore (Canada)
** Commodore (Finland)
** Commodore (Germany) or ''Kommodore''
* Air commodore ...
, also 1954/55 Colonel 225cc Villiers single cylinder, several Captains as well as trials and scrambles bikes. In 1956 they produced the Captain 200 K7, Cotswold 200 K7C, and Commando 200 K7T, all 197 cc.
See also
List of James motorcycles
This is a list of motorcycles produced by the James Cycle Co.
98cc
* Autocycle (Deluxe and Superluxe)
*Comet
*Commodore
Commodore may refer to:
Ranks
* Commodore (rank), a naval rank
** Commodore (Royal Navy), in the United Kingdom
** Commod ...
References
James Motorcycles Information Website
Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom 1897 establishments in England 1966 disestablishments in England Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England Defunct companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands Manufacturing companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands British companies disestablished in 1966 British companies established in 1897 {{motorcycle-stub