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RealClassic RUDGE 350

The Sammy Miller Museum recently acquired this pair of Rudge-Whitworth four-valve, four-speed 350s which date from the mid-1920s. They were bought by the museum from one of their regular visitors, Alan, who wanted his motorcycles to go to a good home now that he’s no longer able to actively enjoy them.

When it was launched in the 1920s, Rudge claimed that their Four was ‘a thoroughbred… It is a single conception, designed and built from the raw material upwards in our own factories, and it embodies the lessons learned in 17 years of motorcycle construction.’ Initially available as a 70mm × 90mm 350

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