Douglas Dragonfly Motor Cycle, 1956

Made:
1956
Douglas Dragonfly Motor Cycle, 1956 Douglas Dragonfly Motor Cycle, 1956

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Douglas Dragonfly motor cycle, 1956

Douglas Motors Ltd of Bristol made their first motorcycle in 1906. It had a horizontally opposed, twin-cylinder engine, the design of which was to form the basis of Douglas motorcycle engines for the following fifty years.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
1964-259
Measurements:
overall: 1070 mm x 620 mm x 2150 mm, 152 kg
type:
motor cycles
credit:
Duncan, D.C.