Coventry-Eagle
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Coventry-Eagle was a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer. Established as a Victorian bicycle maker, the company began under the name of Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek. The company name was changed to
Coventry Eagle Flying 6 motorcycle
1920 Coventry-Eagle with 2.75 hp JAP four-stroke engine
Rider on a Coventry-Eagle in, Australia, circa 1935. The machine has a pressed steel frame; Villiers two-stroke engine; and twin exhausts.
J. A. Prestwich Industries
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J. A. Prestwich Industries, was a British engineering equipment manufacturing company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which was formed in 1951 by the amalgamation of J. A. Prestwich and Com
Coventry-Eagle
…components and finished carefully, Coventry-Eagle motorcycles proved reliable and by the First World War the range included Villiers Engineering and JAP engines. In the early 1920s, Coventry-Eagle changed its models, depending on what engines were available. It swapped between five engine manufacturers…
JAP Motor Badge
J. A. Prestwich 'Jap' speedway bike, Sydney, 9 February 1946.
1948 Elstar JAP Grasstrack, National Motor Museum Monorail
1950 Rotrax JAP Speedway, National Motor Museum Monorail