LOT 594

c.1930 Styl'son-JAP 250cc Registration no. not registered Frame no. 1849 Engine no. B/W97987/B

Sold for £4,025 inc. premium

Lot 594

c.1930 Styl'son-JAP 250cc
Registration no. not registered Frame no. 1849 Engine no. B/W97987/B

The Autumn Stafford Sale – The Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show|16 October 2022, 10:00 BST|Stafford, Staffordshire County Showground

c.1930 Styl'son-JAP 250cc
Registration no. not registered
Frame no. 1849
Engine no. B/W97987/B

Founded in Le Chambon-Feugerolles, France in October 1926, the company that made Styl'son motorcycles seems never to have achieved a sound financial footing. Like many of its contemporaries, including Brough, Styl'son was an assembler of bought-in components rather than a fully-fledged manufacturer. Within 12 months the original MDM company had been dissolved and reconstituted as SRL Boissieu et David.

In 1928 Boissieu et David's motorcycle manufacturing activities were spun off into a separate company: ADSIM. Production began using cycle parts bought from AYA and engines obtained from Moser in Switzerland. Despite management described by the finance house Credit Lyonnais as 'overall very defective', ADSIM's Styl'son motorcycles soon established a sound reputation in keeping with their maker's intention to offer a top-quality product. The range expanded to include models with JAP, Rudge Python, and Blackburne engines while many of the other major components, including Burman gearboxes and AMAC carburettors, were sourced from England. In 1928, 358 motorcycles were delivered. Further failures and restructuring followed before the bankers had had enough and the Styl'son brand was sold to the FIMA conglomerate in 1935. Styl'son was formally wound up, for the final time, in September 1937.

An older restoration offered from the collection of noted collector, the late Ken Senior, this rare French motorcycle was purchased in January 2011 (bill of sale on file). Sold strictly as viewed, there is no registration document with this Lot.
Offered without key

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