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at Quail Lodge Sale, 18 Aug 2011 to 19 Aug 2011, California, Carmel.
Britain's first success in the modern era's Grand Prix World Championships was achieved by a marque with an illustrious racing history - AJS. And the machine that carried Les Graham to his, and AJS', first and only World Championship in 1949 was, of course, the legendary Porcupine. To this day the Porcupine remains the only twin-cylinder motorcycle to have won the 500cc World Championship.
The 1954 AJS 500cc E95 Porcupine represents the final development of the most exotic, innovative, and graceful British Grand Prix racing motorcycle ever made. New for 1954, its final year of competition, the unique low handmade alloy "pannier" fuel tank wraps around the motor. The magnesium camboxes protrude out from under the front of the tank, capturing the cooling air. Via : www.bonhams.com
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2 comments:
bike The clutch cover on this looks like
a piece from some exquisite suit of
renaissance armour..
The machine although beautiful in appearance, is being exaggerated beyond what can be classed as acceptable.
In terms of the name ‘Porcupine’ this was based on the cooling fins on the E90 resembling a Porcupine, take a look at the rad on the E95 and ask yourself does this look like a Porcupine, the clear answer will be no!
The E90 supercharged machine that won the 1949 World Championships was as stated above supercharged, the rule change resulted in modifications to the E95 losing is supercharger and subsequently achieved nothing in relation to the E90.
There is very little, original, on the machine, I hazard a guess that 70% is non-original.
The machine was valued by the very auction house selling it at no more than £250,000!
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