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| 2. Notes on the Spagthorpe Whippet
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| Despite the bike's name cropping up in the results of various trials and speed events in that period little is known of the machine or its fate so it has become a tradition that the winner of the Bovinzer Trophy spends the year he or she holds it attempting to discover more about the history of this mysterious motorcycle. |
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| 14. Sturmey-Archer Heritage
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| This site is intended to help preserve the heritage of Sturmey-Archer and to record the various types of Sturmey-Archer cycle hubs produced during the 20th century. |
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| 15. Sun Motorcycles
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| Sun motorcycles were virtually unique in that they remained under the control of the Parkes family from conception to the end of motorcycle manufacture. They were also unique in that the company also started and finished in the bicycle industry.
James Parkes was a well known Birmingham industrialist, who owned James Parkes and Son, Brass founders, in Alma Street, Birmingham. Amongst other things, they manufactured incandescent light fittings. It was the manufacture of these fittings that eventually gave the name of 'Sun' to the company.
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