Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
3rd July, 2024 13:00
1931 AJW Silver Fox
No Reserve
Registration No: YVL 812
Frame No: 668
MOT: Exempt
Only a handful of Silver Fox examples known
Restored many years ago
A fast post-Vintage two-stroke machine
Current V5C on file
The best-known AJW motorcycles were the Grey Fox and the Red Panther but the company also produced a range of bikes with names including the Silver Fox, Silver Vixen, the Vixen, Flying Vixen, Flying Fox (with a Rudge Ulster engine) and the Speed Fox. With a torpedo-shaped fuel tank and full duplex tubular loop frame, the engine had twin-port heads and double exhaust pipes down each side. Enthusiast owners included Brooklands racing champions such as Claude Temple and Joe Wright. Production was limited so they became fairly exclusive, with just 250 motorcycles produced in their best year.
This rare survivor 1931 AJW Silver Fox boasts a 350cc twin-port Villiers sports engine which was a very nippy machine of the day. Only a handful of this model is known to have survived. It is not known when the AJW was restored but it was purchased by the late vendor in 1978 forming part of his collection of motorcycles. It has not been used for sometime and will need light recommissioning before use. It comes complete with a current V5C, and a duplicate old-style logbook showing two owners in-period.
