LOT 721
Offered from the National Motorcycle Museum Collection 1916 Alldays Allon 548cc Motorcycle Combination Registration no. not registered Frame no. unable to locate Engine no. unable to locate
Sold for £13,800 inc. premium
Lot 721
Offered from the National Motorcycle Museum Collection, 1916 Alldays Allon 548cc Motorcycle CombinationRegistration no. not registered Frame no. unable to locate Engine no. unable to locate
Offered from the National Motorcycle Museum Collection
1916 Alldays Allon 548cc Motorcycle Combination
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. unable to locate
Engine no. unable to locate
1916 Alldays Allon 548cc Motorcycle Combination
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. unable to locate
Engine no. unable to locate
• Rare Birmingham-built motorcycle combination
• Twin-cylinder two-stroke engine
• An older restoration
"A new twin two-stroke of extremely interesting design is being constructed by Messrs Alldays & Onions, the makers of the well-known Allon two-stroke." – Motor Cycling, 5th October 1915.
A firm that could trace its origins as far back as the 17th Century, the Birmingham-based Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Company built its first automobile in 1898 and its first motorcycle in 1903. Car production ended around 1918 but that of motorcycles continued at the firm's Matchless works in Birmingham until the late 1920s. Early and late types were marketed as Alldays, but from 1915 to 1924 the firm's products were also known as Allons. The bulk of production consisted of the 293cc (2¾hp) Allon two-stroke. Introduced shortly before the outbreak of WWI, the Allon was one of the first British machines to feature a sloping top tube, while post-WWI versions were among the earliest to adopt saddle tanks. Prior to the Allon's introduction, the firm also offered the 'Matchless', a lightweight powered by a 269cc Villiers two-stroke engine; single-gear, direct-drive and two-speed versions were available.
This magnificent Alldays Allon motorcycle combination is powered by the company's own 548cc air-cooled twin-cylinder two-stroke engine, which drives via a Sturmey Archer countershaft gearbox with chain primary and belt final drive. "The new power unit is set across the frame and, although at first sight it might appear that this would add uncomfortably to the width of the machine, in practice it is found that the engine is very little wider than most of those designed for sidecar work," observed Motor Cycling.
Typical of the time, the brakes consist of a dummy belt-rim type at the front and an externally contracting band at the rear. Other noteworthy features of this particular machine include Binks carburettors; P&H acetylene lighting; Cowie speedometer; Lucas 'King of the Road' horn; and a single-seater sidecar of Alldays' own make. An older restoration, the machine is offered with some photocopied in-period literature. There is no registration document with this Lot. The machine's mechanical condition is not known; accordingly, prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves with regard to its condition, completeness, correctness, or otherwise prior to bidding.
• Twin-cylinder two-stroke engine
• An older restoration
"A new twin two-stroke of extremely interesting design is being constructed by Messrs Alldays & Onions, the makers of the well-known Allon two-stroke." – Motor Cycling, 5th October 1915.
A firm that could trace its origins as far back as the 17th Century, the Birmingham-based Alldays & Onions Pneumatic Engineering Company built its first automobile in 1898 and its first motorcycle in 1903. Car production ended around 1918 but that of motorcycles continued at the firm's Matchless works in Birmingham until the late 1920s. Early and late types were marketed as Alldays, but from 1915 to 1924 the firm's products were also known as Allons. The bulk of production consisted of the 293cc (2¾hp) Allon two-stroke. Introduced shortly before the outbreak of WWI, the Allon was one of the first British machines to feature a sloping top tube, while post-WWI versions were among the earliest to adopt saddle tanks. Prior to the Allon's introduction, the firm also offered the 'Matchless', a lightweight powered by a 269cc Villiers two-stroke engine; single-gear, direct-drive and two-speed versions were available.
This magnificent Alldays Allon motorcycle combination is powered by the company's own 548cc air-cooled twin-cylinder two-stroke engine, which drives via a Sturmey Archer countershaft gearbox with chain primary and belt final drive. "The new power unit is set across the frame and, although at first sight it might appear that this would add uncomfortably to the width of the machine, in practice it is found that the engine is very little wider than most of those designed for sidecar work," observed Motor Cycling.
Typical of the time, the brakes consist of a dummy belt-rim type at the front and an externally contracting band at the rear. Other noteworthy features of this particular machine include Binks carburettors; P&H acetylene lighting; Cowie speedometer; Lucas 'King of the Road' horn; and a single-seater sidecar of Alldays' own make. An older restoration, the machine is offered with some photocopied in-period literature. There is no registration document with this Lot. The machine's mechanical condition is not known; accordingly, prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves with regard to its condition, completeness, correctness, or otherwise prior to bidding.
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