ABJ

ABJ were motorcycles built from 1949 to 1953.

The company had built the Raynal autocycle before World War II.

• 1949 The firm located its works in Pope Street, Birmingham. The new name of ABJ came from the chairman A. B. Jackson.

• 1950 Two machines were offered, both of which had a 99cc Villiers engine. One was the single-speed Autocycle, the other was the two-speed Motorcycle. Common cycle parts were shared - such as the rigid loop frame, the simple telescopic forks and the single saddle on a pillar tube. The Motorcycle had a toolbox attached to the left side. Both the Motorcycle and the Autocycle had a rear stand.

• 1952 Both models were still listed and were joined by the Auto Motor cyclemotor, with a 50cc two-stroke engine mounted over the front wheel. The rest of it was a bicycle.

• 1953 That model alone ran on for that year. Production then stopped.

Sources of Information

The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press

British Motorcycles of the 1940s and 1950s by Roy Bacon ISBN 0-85045-856-0