Coventry Eagle H16

Hi

Does anyone have any information on this bike ? I've just recovered one
of these motorcycles and it is in average condition.

I'm looking for some of the bikes history, it was first produced in
1931 (?). Also is it worth much to a classic bike collector ???

Thanks in Advance, Matt

 

The Rolls-Royce Eagle was an H-24 engine. BRM ran an H-16 engine,
unsuccessfully, in 1966.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Eagle_22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_engine

 

Somehow I suspect that H16 has more to do with model number than engine
configuration. Either the Vintage Motor Cycle Club or the Coventry Motor
Museum might be of assistance.

Ron Robinson

 

Coventry Eagle was one of those makers who put a year letter in their
model names - H is 1932. H16 was the Marvel, with a 98cc Villiers
engine and a tubular frame (several of C-E's two-smoke models had
pressed-steel frames) - bottom of C-E's range.

Coventry-Eagle was a family-run firm - the Mayo family - and remained so
until the 1960s. The factory was bombed in WW2 and they were moved
out to dispersal factories. After the war, pedal cycle production was
resumed and there were suggestions of a return to making motor cycles.
However, that didn't happen - it remained bicycles only.

 

One here - try contacting the vendor for info
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1935-VINTAGE-...361QQihZ019QQcategoryZ424QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Tony

 

He'll need more than the proverbial pinch of salt if he does, the poor chap
can't tell his Climaxes from his Eagles.

Ron Robinson