Moto Sunbeam. Mdl: S7. 1950. 500cc.

Motorcycle Sunbeam. Model: S7 Year: 1950. 500cc.

Sunbeam was a brand registered by John Marston Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton, England , in 1888. The company reached bicycles, motorcycles and cars after the end of the NINETEENTH century until around the year 1936, and applies to the brand of the three forms of transport. The company also manufactured 647 aircraft during the Second World War. The company went bankrupt in 1935 and was acquired by the Rootes Group , which continued to use the brand Sunbeam.

John Marston was apprenticed in the Works Jeddo of Wolverhampton as a japanner (metal lacquerer). In 1859, at the age of 23 years, purchased two manufacturers of tin existing and create on your own, John Marston Marston Co. Ltd. he was an avid cyclist , and in 1877 created the Factory Cycle Sunbeamland, the production of bicycles known as Translation: rays of the sun. Between 1899 and 1901 the company also produced a number of cars experimental, but none of them was offered on the market.

In 1905, the Sunbeam motor Car Company Ltd was formed separate from the rest of the company John Marston, who kept the motorcycles Sunbeam and bicycles.

Sunbeam Motorcycles

A double cylinder Sunbeam S7 seen at Rushden Transport Cavalcade 2010

• Sunbeam S7
• Sunbeam S8

Export only

• Sunbeam Minx
• Sunbeam Vogue / arrow Sunbeam
• Sunbeam Funwagon / Sunbeam Highwayman

Sunbeam-Coatalen engines

• Sunbeam Crusader V8 , 150 hp (110 kW)
• Sunbeam Zulu V8, 160 hp (120 kW), developed from the Crusaders
• Sunbeam Mohawk V12 , 225 horsepower (168 kW)
• Sunbeam Gurkha V12, 240 hp (180 kW), developed from maori
• Sunbeam cossack V12, 320 hp (240 kW), 18,4 litres
• Sunbeam Nubian V8, 155 hp (116 kW), 7.7 liters
• Sunbeam Afridi V12, 200 hp (150 kW), 11.476 litres
• Sunbeam maori V12, 250 hp (190 kW), up 14.7 litres, developed from Afridi
• Sunbeam Amazon Straight-6 , 160 hp (120 kW), 9.2 litres, developed from cossack
• Sunbeam saracen Straight-6, 200 HP (150 kW), to 11.2 litres, developed from Amazon
• Sunbeam Viking W18 "Broad Arrow" 450 HP (340 kW), at 33.6 litres, developed from cossack
• Sunbeam arab V8, 200 hp (150 kW), 11.8 liters
• Sunbeam bedouin inverted V8, 200 hp (150 kW), or 12.3 litres, developed from arab
• Sunbeam Manitou V12, 325 hp (242 kW), up 14.7 litres, developed from maori
• Sunbeam Tartar V12, 300 horsepower (220 kW) to 15.4 litres
• Sunbeam-rumped W12 "Broad Arrow" 300 hp (220 kW), developed from arab, 18.3 liters
• Sunbeam Spartan V12, 200 hp (150 kW), 14 litres, air-cooled
• Sunbeam Matabele V12, 400 hp (300 kW), to 22.4 litres, developed from cossack
• Sunbeam malay star Five-pointed arrangement of 20 cylinders, 500 hp (370 kW), of which 29.4 litres
• Sunbeam Pathan Straight-6, 100 HP (75 kW), 8.8 litres, diesel
• Sunbeam Dyak Straight-6, 100 HP (75 kW), 8,8 litres
• Sunbeam Sikh V12, 800-horsepower (600 kW), 64,1 litres