Coventry-Eagle

Coventry-Eagle

Industry	manufacturing and engineering
Fate	Closed by World War II
Successor	Falcon Cycles
Founded	1903
Defunct	1939
Headquarters	Coventry, England
Products	Motorcycles and bicycles

Coventry-Eagle

Coventry-Eagle was a British bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer. Established as a Victorian bicycle maker, the company began under the name of Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek. The company name was changed to Coventry Eagle in 1897 when John Meek left the company .^[1] By 1898 they had begun to experiment with motorised vehicles and by 1899, had produced their first motorcycle. The motorcycles were hand built from components and finished carefully, Coventry-Eagle motorcycles proved reliable and by the First World War the range included Villiers Engineering and JAP engines.^[2]

During the early 1920s, the models changed depending on what engines were available and the company swapped between five engine manufacturers - Villiers, JAP, Sturmey-Archer, Blackburne and Matchless.^[3] The model Flying 8 was probably the most iconic bike of its time and bore a resemblance to the contemporary Brough Superior. During the depression of the 1930s, the company concentrated on producing two-strokes. Production continued until the start of the Second World War in 1939.^[4]

In the 1930s they had launched a range of sporting bikes under the "Falcon" brand. After the war, and not of a scale to continue competitive motorcycle manufacture, the company concentrated on their racing bicycles. It was under this marque that the company relaunched itself as Falcon Cycles, now a division of Tandem Group.

Models

Model	Year	Comments
269 cc	1913	Villiers-powered two-speed
3.5 hp	1913	Single
5 hp	1914	Three-speed V-twin
500 cc single	1921
680 cc V-Twin	1921	JAP engine
Flying 8	1923
8 hp Super Sports Twin	1923
Flying 6	1927	674 cc side-valve twin
150 cc	1935	Coventry Eagle twin-port two-stroke and with a left-hand gear change and Albion gearbox
L5 249 cc 35 Silent Superb De Luxe	1935	Villiers engine and a 4-speed albion gearbox
N35	1937	Flying 350
N11 250 cc	1937	Pullman

References

↑ , Classic Motor History.
↑ "1928 Coventry-Eagle Flying-8". Retrieved 2008-05-22.
↑ Tragatsch, Erwin (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles. London: Quantum Publishing. p. 560. ISBN 1861603428.
↑ "Coventry-Eagle Motorcycles". Retrieved 2008-05-22.

External links

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Coventry-Eagle gallery

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Manufacturing in the United Kingdom

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