Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 13:00
1925 Coventry Eagle 2 3/ 4 HP
Estimate
£4, 000 - £5, 000
Registration No: SV 7110
Frame No: 35009
MOT: Exempt
Part of a private collection
Ideal Banbury eligible machine
Restored many years ago
A current V5c on file
Established in Victorian times as a bicycle manufacturer, Coventry-Eagle built a diverse range of motorcycles using proprietary engines from 1901 onwards, though machines only began to be produced in significant numbers after World War One. Coventry Eagle of Foleshill Road, Coventry. The company produced motorcycles between 1899 and 1940. By 1914, the range included three models. The smallest was lightweight and powered by a 269cc Villiers engine driving a two-speed gearbox by chain and belt final-drive and with Druid forks. It was also available as a single-speed machine.
This Circa 1920 Coventry Eagle was purchased by the late vendor as he did not have this model in his collection of Covenetry Eagles. It was purchased in its current restored condition and used for rallies and steam events in his ownership. It has been registered as 1925 and as a Coventry Climax by the DVLA, this may have been an error at the time of change to computerization in the 1980s. The engine number does not match the V5c.
