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Abingdon Motorcycles

Company nameAbingdon Motorcycles
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotorcycle
FateCeased motorcycle production
SuccessorAKD (Abingdon King Dick)
Founded1903
Defunct1925 (AKD 1933)
HeadquartersBirmingham
ProductsMotorcycles, mechanics tools and chains

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Abingdon Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer in Tyseley,

Birmingham between 1903 and 1925. The tool and chain manufacturers Abingdon Engineering was founded in 1856 and started making motorcycles in 1903, when the industry was still very new, with engines from a number of manufacturers before the company developed their own Abingdon four-stroke 350 cc single and 794 cc V-twin engines, which were used by Ariel and Invicta. Much of the production was exported to the Commonwealth countries. One innovation introduced by Abingdon was the first telescopic shock absorber. Motorcycles of the day often had no front suspension or some form of springs, but Abingdon devised the "Abingdon Spring Fork", a coil sprung, telescopic shock absorber.

The First World War halted production but they continued in 1919 with the V-twin and 499 cc and 623 cc single cylinder motorcycles.

The company was renamed AKD (Abingdon King Dick) in 1926 and concentrated production on 147cc to 346cc single cylinder motorcycles until 1933, when they decided to concentrate on their successful range of "King Dick" mechanics tools.

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Motorcycle, Mo-ped Stolen from Abingdon Homes - Patch.com Tweet this news
Patch.com--A -motorcycle- valued at more than $10000 and a mo-ped worth an undisclosed amount of money were stolen in separate incidents in -Abingdon- last week. A black and sliver 2008 Suzuki GSXR 1800RK8 was taken from the ... - Date : Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:40:42 GMT+00:00
Heroic Dog in Street; Democrats Sue Council - Patch.com Tweet this news
Patch.com--A -motorcycle- and mo-ped were stolen in separate incidents on during the first week of the month in -Abingdon-. The -motorcycle- is valued at $10000 and the value of the mo-ped is undisclosed. Interested in a follow-up to this article? ... - Date : Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:19:30 GMT+00:00
DWF > DWF help Q Park take over 14 car parks in London - Linex Legal (press release) (registration) Tweet this news
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)--The 14 car parks are; -Abingdon-, Broadley, Chinatown, Church Street, Cramer Street, Harley Street, Knightsbridge, Oxford Street, Park Lane, Pimlico, ... - Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:21:37 GMT+00:00
New Aprilia Tuono V4R reaction - Motorcycle News Tweet this news
Motorcycle News--Richard Marshall, 46, from -Abingdon- owns a Aprilia Tuono RSV1000 Factory and the new bike was the most important at the show for him. ... - Date : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:08:08 GMT+00:00
Sprint Cup driver, chief penalized - News & Observer Tweet this news
News & Observer--Rogers, who also won the 250-lap June USAR race at the track, has a 79-point lead over second-place Caleb Holman of -Abingdon-, Va. Qualifying for the 300-lap ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:33:00 GMT+00:00
Looking for people that helped - McDonough Voice Tweet this news
McDonough Voice---...- a couple from -Abingdon- on their way home from the Spoon River Speedway. Blout had been thrown from his bike. The couple saw the -motorcycle- laying on the ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:37:33 GMT+00:00
Electric motors woo investors - Witney Gazette Tweet this news
Witney Gazette--About ten motors a month can be produced in -Abingdon-, where the company employs 12 staff, but it hopes to be able to ramp up production in the not too ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 09:18:55 GMT+00:00
Please drive safe - Explore Harford County Tweet this news
Explore Harford County--It was championed by the same -Abingdon- couple, the Hurds, who were behind last year's law banning texting while driving. Their daughter, Heather, was killed ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:33:56 GMT+00:00
Plea issued over Ducati crash - The Oxford Times Tweet this news
The Oxford Times--The collision happened at about 7.10pm on the A415 -Abingdon- Road at the junction of the unnamed road leading to Shippon village. A red Ducati -motorcycle- was ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:48:25 GMT+00:00
Plea issued over Ducati crash - Herald Series Tweet this news
Herald Series--The collision happened at about 7.10pm on the A415 -Abingdon- Road at the junction of the unnamed road leading to Shippon village. A red Ducati -motorcycle- was ... - Date : Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:44:31 GMT+00:00

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