StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Villiers

from the right ... 1954 Tandon Imp, Villiers engine [looks like a 175cc 2-stroke] 1953 Wooler, 500cc flat-twin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooler_(motorcycles) and just beyond are a Francis Barnett & a Panther [no further details on these two]

Federation Lightweight 2A, from 1937 with a 125 Villiers 2-stroke engine. Built by the Co-operative Wholesale Society [CWS] at their Federal Works, Tyseley, Birmingham. It was their answer to commuting after the Great Depression of the 1930s. At £25 it was keenly priced [as a co-op member, you would have got your divi on it] and whilst the top speed was only 40mph it was extremely economical to operate.

The ultimate war-machine ? Welbike originated by researchers at SOE, then further developed by the Excelsior m/c co, who eventually built 3,641 of them. Designed to be dropped by parachute, they were used in Operation Market Garden [Arnhem] but were not fully successful, often landing too far away from the intended users and the small wheels and somewhat under-powered Villiers engine didn't cope well with rough conditions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welbike [potential winner of my "I want to take it home with me for this visit" competition !]

exhibit SE39 Villiers "Mighty Midget" V-twin {built 1951}