N nner x wr gl MADDENMOTOR CYCLES (1925-45 ) CHRIS ORCHARD AND STEVE MADDEN SUTTON PUBLISHINGFirst published in the United Kingdom in 1995 by Sutton Publishing Limited This revised edition published in 2006 by Sutton Publishing Limited Phoenix Mill - Stroud - Gloucestershire - GL5 2BU Copyright © Chris Orchard and Steve Madden, 1995, 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers and copyright holders, Chris Orchard and Steve Madden have asserted the moral right to be identified as the authors of this work. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-7509-4451-X Endpapers, front: An early Harley-Davidson WLC. (IWIM, H28023); back: A 1943 Harley-Davidson WLC. (Reg Humphries) ‘Typeset in 10/12/ept Novarese. Typesetting and origination by Sutton Publishing Limited. Printed and bound in England by JH. Haynes & Co. Ltd, Sparkford Contents Colour plates Abbreviations Acknowledgements Suitable for WD Requirements? ‘Standardisation in the Second World War Dealing with Defects War Department Manufacturers Als Ariel Aveling Barford BMW BSA Douglas Excelsior Francis Barnett Gillet-Herstal Harley-Davidson Indian James Levis Matchless Sidecars Miscellaneous Motorcycles The VAOS Spare Parts System ‘Colour Schemes Appendix 1: Contract Notes Appendix 2: Production Tables 23 26 35 35 57 63 68 1 2 15 80 85 87 between pp. 86 and 87 iv v I 14 19 B Moto-Chenille 101 New Hudson 102 New Imperial 103 Norman 105 Norton 105 OEC 116 Panther 120 Royal Enfield 121 Rudge Whitworth 138 Stewart-Ehrlich 141 Sunbeam 141 Triumph 144 Velocette 160 165 167 170 174 178 179