Single Cylinder Merch

If you've ever ridden or heard a single cylinder motorcycle, you understand why they are called "thumpers". That big piston doesn't love high rpms. Rather, it prefers to push out tons of torque at the bottom end of the tachometer. This BMW was one of many of the single cylinder choices available in the 50's.

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ROYAL ENFIELD WDCO circa 1944, supplied for the war effort. Royal Enfield of Redditch manufactured a range of vertical single engines from 1936, establishing the pattern for Enfield singles for the next 25 years. The first of these new machines were the overhead-valve models G (350cc) and J (500cc)

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