Coventry
Eagle A Victorian bicycle company,
they built under the trademark Royal Eagle in the
1890s. They started making a bicycle with a clip-on
JAP engine around 1900, which grew to a full motorcycle
by 1903. But they faltered and stopped by 1905. During
WW1 they made a motorcycle using a Triumph engine,
but did not return to full production of their own
until 1921 when they offered two sidecar models powered
by a 500cc single and a 680cc JAP V-twin. Their line
expanded considerably in 1922 and continued until
the Depression. Their most famous bike was the Flying
Eight, a 976cc SV twin with a JAP engine and a top
speed of 80 mph, made from 1923 to 1930.
In 1931, their line shrank to a 500cc, three 350cc
models, a 196cc two-stroke, two 147cc bikes and a
98cc autocycle. By 1933 this had further contracted
to two engines a 148cc two-stroke and a 250cc two-
or four-stroke. They company enjoyed a mild resurgence
in the 1930s, but production closed in 1939. Bicycles
continued after the war.
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