Sunbeam (motorcycle)

Sunbeam was a British manufacturing marque that produced bicycles and motorcycles from 1912 to 1956. Originally independent, it was owned by BSA from 1943. Sunbeam is perhaps most famous for its S7 model, a balloon-tyred shaft-drive motorcycle with an ohv in-line twin engine.





1929 Sunbeam







History

Sunbeam was founded by John Marston, who was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, UK in 1836