Property of a deceased's estate
c.1919 Clyno 2½hp 250cc
Registration no. CX 3434
Frame no. 135
Engine no. L1864/19
This Clyno lightweight has integral two-speed transmission and belt final drive. It is a rare surviving example of the 2½hp model, which was powered by a 269cc two-stroke engine and manufactured alongside Clyno's famous v-twin 'sidecar tugs' from 1913, continuing in developed form after WWI. Declared first registered in January 1921, it may well be of earlier manufacture; indeed, the engine number suggests it was made towards the end of 1919, which has been confirmed by the VMCC's Clyno marque specialist. (The Roads Act of 1920 required local councils to register all vehicles at the time of licensing and to allocate a separate number to each, and many vehicles, although in existence for several years in some cases, were only registered for the first time after the Act's passing).

The late owner purchased the Clyno from Bonhams' Harrogate Sale in November 2007 (Lot 508). At that time it was stated that the machine had last been taxed to April 1963 and would require careful recommissioning following a lengthy period of showroom display. The Clyno had been offered from the Potter Brothers' Collection, which had acquired it in the 1960s from one E Barnett of Harrogate. An older restoration offered for recommissioning, or possibly more extensive renovation, the machine is offered with an old-style continuation logbook (1961) and a V5C document. The engine turns over.
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