LOT 597

1936 Rudge 248cc Sports Registration no. UJ 7686 Frame no. 57852 Engine no. T1317

Sold for £8,970 inc. premium

Lot 597

1936 Rudge 248cc Sports
Registration no. UJ 7686 Frame no. 57852 Engine no. T1317

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

1936 Rudge 248cc Sports
Registration no. UJ 7686
Frame no. 57852
Engine no. T1317

Motorcycle manufacturers from 1910 to 1939, Rudge were renowned for championing the four-valves-per-cylinder engine layout, employing it for the first time on a 250 in 1931, its previous offerings in the class having used two-valve JAP engines. The contemporary 350's fully-radial valve arrangement was used for the new quarter-litre Rudge, rather than the semi-radial arrangement of the sports and racing 500s or the parallel layout preferred for the touring Special. The Rudge 250 was unusual for its day in having coil ignition, though a magneto became optional later and was standard issue on the works racers and the TT Replica. A two-valve Tourist version joined the existing four-valve Sports 250 for 1935 and became the Rapid the following year when it adopted the marque's characteristic coupled brakes. With the deletion of the four-valver at the end of 1936, the Rapid became the sole 250 in the range (a new Sports version with high-level exhaust was added for 1938) and the only Rudge to retain the left-side gear pedal to the end.

Sold strictly as viewed, this four-valve Sports was purchased from Bonhams' sale of the Geeson Brothers' Collection in March 2003 (Lot 231). Offered from the collection of noted collector, the late Ken Senior, the machine comes with an old-style continuation logbook; a copy old V5; and an old-type V5C document.
Offered without key

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