Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 13:00
1925 Beardmore Precision 250cc
Estimate
£3, 000 - £4, 000
Registration No: PP 3119
Frame No: 63
MOT: Exempt
Part of a collection of motorcycles
Stored in the attic of a barn
Purchased from Murray's Museum many years ago
Old RF60 and V5C on file
In 1919 F. E. Baker Ltd entered into an arrangement with William Beardmore and Company, a large Scottish engineering and shipbuilding company based in Glasgow, and so it was that between 1921 and 1924 Beardmore produced motorcycles under the name 'Beardmore Precision'. The first motorcycle produced was a 350 cc two-stroke featuring leaf-spring suspension front and rear and was followed by a range of motorcycles of 250cc to 600cc. The range expanded to include side-valve models of various capacities, a Barr & Stroud sleeve valve engined '350'. Although production models gained an enviable reputation in the trials events of their day, the racers faired disastrously at the 1924 TT, the debacle prompting Beardmore to close the ailing firm. A leaf-sprung front suspension, an external contracting band front brake, and a fuel-tank integral to the frame structure were among its unusual features.
This 1925 330cc sports model Beardmore precision was purchased by the late vendor many years ago from Murray's Motorcycle Museum on the Isle of Man for his collection. It is not known exactly when it was purchased, however, it was stored in a barn's attic with the other motorcycles in his collection. Not run for many years, it will now need recommissioning before it is put back on the road. There is a current V5C and the original RF60 logbook with this lot.
