Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
29th Mar, 2023 12:00
1922 Wooler
One of 3 made
Estimate
£24, 000 - £28, 000
Registration No: ME 1095
Frame No: EX01
Engine No: EX01
CC: 350
MOT: Exempt
This 1922 Wooler is extremely rare
Believed to be the prototype EX01
Only 3 were produced with 2 surviving
The only known 350cc produced
John Wooler designed his first motorcycle in 1909, a two-stroke horizontal single-cylinder machine with a double-ended piston. The first production model was a 230cc two-stroke with front and rear plunger spring suspension and a patent "anti-vibratory" frame. The motorbike was manufactured by Wilkinson from 1912 onwards with a 344cc engine and marketed as the Wilkinson-Wooler. Production was halted during WWI, and a receiver was appointed for the company in 1915, but the company's munitions contracts with the Royal Air Force allowed it to survive the war years. Motorcycle production resumed in 1919 with a new and advanced machine which was entered in the 1921 Junior TT where it was nicknamed the "Flying Banana" by Graham Walker.
This 1922 2 3/ 4 Wooler was purchased in 1925 by Mr Robert Donald Spredbrow, a Brooklands racer of the day. It was then ridden in the Vintage Motorcycle Club " A cavalcade of historic motorcycles" 1965, A Mr J Wooler owned it at that time. Documentation shows it was used in the 33rd Banbury Run in 1985, by Mr Spredbrow. It was purchased by the late owner many years ago and restored by him and enjoyed at many events. This is a very rare machine today, it is possibly the prototype of the model - believed to be the only 350cc model made! The Wooler will need light recommissioning before use due to standing unused for a couple of years. It comes with the original RF60 log book and a V5C and various paperwork.
