Lot details Registration No: Un-Reg Frame No: 63208 Engine No: T105 cc: 250 MOT Expiry Date: Exempt
Rudge secured a 1- 2- 3 in the 1930 Junior TT using machines powered by a newly developed engine equipped with a radial four valve head. The new cylinder head appeared on production machines for the following season, one of which had a capacity of 248cc. The following season saw another addition to the range when a 248cc TT replica was added following the company's success in the 1931 Lightweight TT when they secured first and second places. For the 1933 model season the 248cc machines gained the alloy primary chaincase that had been introduced on the larger machines the previous year. The TT was dropped for the 1934 season, being replaced by a "Sport" model equipped with a positive stop foot gear change, a hand change being fitted to the Standard model, which itself was replaced the following season by a new machine fitted with a two valve head initially known as the Tourist and later the Rapid. The Sport continued in largely unaltered form, the most significant being the adoption of the larger fuel tank, fitted to higher capacity machines in the range, for the 1936 season.
The two valve machine offered is presented in original condition requiring restoration following a lengthy period of inactivity prior to which it had been raced in vintage events where it proved to be a fast machine. It is accompanied by some Rudge transfers and a 250cc Rudge four valve engine is offered as a separate lot.
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