1951 New Hudson Autocycle
No Reserve

Registration No: NYB 218
Frame No: ZE574
MOT: Exempt

• Offered from a large private collection
• Very original and retains its buff logbook
• Turns over with compression

Like many of the British motorcycle pioneers, New Hudson started life as a cycle manufacturer before producing their first motorcycle in 1909. Following the Kaiser War, they produced a pretty 211cc two-stroke and a range of single-cylinder four-strokes from 350cc to 600cc with both side and overhead valves. Fred Hutton and Bert Le Vack acted as designers and riders, the latter regularly breaking records at Brooklands during the 1920s on New Hudsons. However, when the Depression took hold, the company struggled. A range was introduced featuring partially-enclosed engines and transmissions, but it met with little success and the firm ceased motorcycle production during 1933 to concentrate on Girling brake production. Subsequently acquired by BSA, a new autocycle bearing the New Hudson name was planned for 1940, although the Second World War delayed it until 1946. The new model utilised a 98cc Villiers JDL engine housed in a drop-tube frame equipped with a rigid fork, carrier, centre stand and direct lighting system. Nineteen forty-eight saw the introduction of an improved machine featuring girder forks and engine covers, which ran for a year before a revised version with the new Villiers 2F engine was released.

This 1951 Autocycle is mostly original and was purchased by the late owner for his ever-growing collection of machines of all different makes, models and styles. Having spent many years in his ownership, it has been out of use for some time and will therefore require recommissioning. The engine turns over with compression and the original RF60 buff logbook is present, although the registration number is not presently known to the DVLA.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217