Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 13:00
1921 Clyno 270cc
No Reserve
Registration No: SV 9224
Frame No: L2210/ 20
MOT: Exempt
Unrestored and mostly original with a V5C on file
Made in Wolverhampton
Engine runs with a refurbished magneto
The Clyno Engineering Company was founded in 1909 by the cousins Frank and Ailwyn Smith. The company took its name for the pulley designed for belt-driven machines which was known as the "inclined pully", becoming abbreviated to the "clined" and then Clyno. After the war, the motorcycle industry collapsed. A large number of cheap motor cycles no longer needed by the army were sold, undercutting the prices of Clyno's machines. There was also a shortage of materials with which to produce new models and to compound Clyno's problems the Russians failed to pay for the motorcycles they received during the war which led to the withdrawal of financial backing. In 1920 the Clyno Engineering Company went into liquidation.
This 1921 Clyno was purchased by the current owner due to it being mostly original. Since his ownership, he has had the magneto refurbished at great cost (receipt on file). The Clyno has not been used in recent years and will need the usual checks before it is placed back on the road. It is being offered with the current V5C and some Bruce Main Smith catalogues.
