1951 Sunbeam 500cc 2-Cyc, Restored with all Orig. Parts, Smooth Ride, Good HP
1951 Other Makes Sunbeam 500 S-8
| Price: | US $4,650.00 |
| Item location: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Make: | Other Makes |
| Model: | Sunbeam 500 S-8 |
| SubModel: | 2 cylinders |
| Type: | Touring |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Mileage: | 4,000 |
| Color: | Gray |
| Engine size: | 500 |
| Vehicle Title: | Clear |
| Contact seller: | Contact form |
Description
1951 SUNBEAM S-8 TWIN CYC. CORRECT BIKE WITH ALL ORIGINAL PARTS. STARTS EASY AND RUNS GOOD. I HAVE RIDEN IT AROUND TOWN AND A COUPLE OF ROAD TRIPS. IT RUNS GREAT, HIFTED SMOOTH, DLED GOOD. THE PAINT IS OK BUT NOT A SHOW BIKE – IT’S A RIDER, HAVE TOUCHED UP A FEW TINY SPOTS. ONLY NEEDS A NEW BATTERY AND IT’S READY TO RIDE. I'M SELLING IT BECAUSE I HAVE CANCER. I HAVE A CLEAR UTAH TITLE FOR THE BIKE. THE WARRANTY ON THIS BIKE IS LONG OVER AND IT IS SOLD IN "AS IS" CONDITION.
TheSunbeam S8are Britishmotorcyclesdesigned byErling Poppewith styling loosely based on theBMW R75designs that were acquired as war reparations byBSA(full rights to theSunbeambrand had been acquired from AMC in 1943).[1]Built inRedditch, he unusual engine layout was similar to that of a car. The engine was a longitudinally mounted inline vertical OHC 500 cc twin based on an experimental 1932 BSA design (the Line-Ahead-Twin - LAT)with coil ignition and wet sump lubrication which, hough a dry clutch, rove a shaft drive to the rear wheel. The inline engine made this technologically feasible—horizontally-opposed ("flat") twin engines on BMW motorcycles had already used shaft drives.Also published at eBay.com
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