1952 - "Motor Cycling" Road Tests - Book

This is the 1952 "Motor Cycling" Road Tests book - First Edition
Printed by Temple Press Limited, Bowling Green Lane, London, England
A selection of Tests and photographs of current and recent models of British motor cycles, including drawings (two-page fold out cut-a-ways).
- paperback with tape-protected edges / 48 pages / fully illustrated
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The following 12 motorcycles are featured and tested in this book; (including cut-a-ways)
1) Ariel - Model 4G - "Square Four" - 997cc o.h.v. (Britains only production 4-cylinder)
2) B.S.A. - Model D1 - "Bantam" - 123cc (Spring-frame two-stroke)
3) Douglas - 1948 Model T350 - "Sports" - 348cc o.h.v. (torsion bar Twin)
4) Excelsior - "Talisman" Twin - 250cc (two-stroke, max speed a mile-a-minute)
5) Francis-Barnett - "Falcon 58" - 197cc - (rear-sprung luxury lightweight)
6) Norton - Model 7 - "Dominator" - 497cc (vertical twin) ** shown
7) Panther - Model 100 - 598cc (with Garrard "Latimer" two-seat sidecar) ** shown
8) Royal Enfield - "Bullet" - 346cc - (spring-frame successor to the singles)
9) Sunbeam - Model S8 - 487cc o.h.c. Vertical Twin (shaft-driven)
10) Triumph - Model 6T - "Thunderbird" - 650cc o.h.v. Vertical Twin (speed over 100 mph)
11) Velocette - 1952 Model LE - 192cc Twin (water-cooled, shaft-driven)
12) Vincent - Series C - "Rapide" - 998cc o.h.v. "Big Twin" (with Blacknell "Sherwood" enclosed luxury saloon passenger sidecar) ** shown