Coventry-Eagle

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Coventry-Eagle
Fate Closed by WW2
Founded 1903
Defunct 1939
Location Coventry UK
Industry manufacturing and engineering
Products motorcycles and bicycles


Coventry-Eagle was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Established as a Victorian bicycle maker, the Coventry-Eagle factory developed a wide range of motorcycles from 1903. Hand built from components, Coventry-Eagle motorcycles proved reliable and by the First World War the range included Villiers_Engineering and Jap engines. [1] . Production continued until the start of World War 2 in 1939. [2]

[edit] Models

Model Year Comments
269cc 1913 Villiers-powered two-speed
3.5hp 1913 Single
5hp 1914 Three-speed V-twin
500cc single 1921
680cc V-Twin 1921 JAP engine
Flying 8 1923
8hp Super Sports Twin 1923
Flying 6 1927 674cc side valvew twin
150cc 1935 Coventry Eagle twin port two-stroke and with a left hand gear change and Albion gearbox
L5 249ccn 35 Silent Superb De Luxe 1935 Villiers engine and a 4 speed albion gearbox
N35 1937 Flying 350
N11 250cc 1937 Pullman

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1928 Coventry-Eagle Flying-8. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ Coventry-Eagle Motorcycles. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.

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