BRYAN REYNOLDS
- In the Beginning
- Getting Started
- The Years 1912 to 1913
- World Events Intervene
- Peacetime Productions Soars
- The First 350 cc
- Steady Progress
- Welcome to "the Ulster"
- A new decade
- Woeldwide Success
- The Python
- Semi- And Fully Radial Valves
- The Struggle to Survive
- Enclosed Valves
- Another war and the aftermath
- Appendix: Cylinder Head Identification
- Bibliography
- Index
A history of the Rudge-Whitworth cycle and motorcycle company, from the late 1800s to the 1940s, including full production histories of the motorcycle models.
Topics covered include:
The origins of Rudge-Whitworth, from Daniel Rudge's early bicycles, to the Pugh family merger
An expansion into motorcycle production in 1909, with the 'M' prototypes and 'F'-head engines
The invention of the Rudge Multi gear engine in 1912, and a subsequent Isle of man win in 1914
The innovative 'Rudge Four' engines, with four parallel valves per cylinder
The 'Python' models - Rudge equipment used by other manufacturers, including in Enzo Ferrari's Scuderia Ferrari
The post-war slump and a move to EMI, with later attempts to revive the Rudge name