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href="/wiki/File:James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg/220px-James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg/330px-James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg/440px-James_Superswift_Sports_250_-_Flickr_-_mick_-_Lumix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2508" data-file-height="1935" /></a><figcaption>James Superswift with Villiers 247 cc twin-cylinder engine</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>James Cycle Co</b> Ltd., <a href="/wiki/Greet,_Birmingham" title="Greet, Birmingham">Greet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, England, was one of many British cycle and motorcycle makers based in the <a href="/wiki/English_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="English Midlands">English Midlands</a>, particularly Birmingham. Most of their light motorcycles, often with the characteristic maroon finish, used <a href="/wiki/Villiers_Engineering" title="Villiers Engineering">Villiers</a> and, later, AMC <a href="/wiki/Two-stroke" class="mw-redirect" title="Two-stroke">two-stroke engines</a>. </p><p>James were prolific bicycle and motorcycle manufacturers from 1884 to 1966. The company was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Associated_Motor_Cycles" title="Associated Motor Cycles">Associated Motor Cycles</a> in 1951 and combined with <a href="/wiki/Francis-Barnett" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis-Barnett">Francis-Barnett</a> in 1957. In 1966 the company became one of the many British motorcycle companies forced out of business by Japanese competition. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg/220px-Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg/330px-Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg/440px-Flickr_-_ronsaunders47_-_JAMES_CAPTAIN._197cc_SINGLE_TWO_STROKE..jpg 2x" data-file-width="2328" data-file-height="1608" /></a><figcaption>James Captain 197 cc</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Cycle_Co&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Cycles_Ad.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/James_Cycles_Ad.png/220px-James_Cycles_Ad.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/James_Cycles_Ad.png/330px-James_Cycles_Ad.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/James_Cycles_Ad.png/440px-James_Cycles_Ad.png 2x" data-file-width="1310" data-file-height="1678" /></a><figcaption>James Cycle Co advertisement 1893</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1884,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harold "Harry" James founded The James Cycle Company in Birmingham to manufacture bicycles. The first works were at 121 Constituion Hill. In 1890, the company relocated to a new factory at Sampson Road North in <a href="/wiki/Sparkbrook" title="Sparkbrook">Sparkbrook</a>. James Cycle was converted to a public limited company in May 1897. Harry James retired in 1898, and his partner Charles Hyde took over. Hyde introduced a <a href="/wiki/Freewheel" title="Freewheel">freewheel</a> mechanism that proved very popular.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1902, the company introduced its first motorcycles under the leadership of Fred Kimberley. The first machine was a <a href="/wiki/Moped" title="Moped">moped</a> that had foot pedals and a <a href="/wiki/Werner_Motors" title="Werner Motors">Werner</a> engine powering the rear wheel through a friction roller. In 1908 the first "James Safety Model" was introduced, which used an engine designed by the James company and the first saddle fuel tank on a motorcycle.<sup id="cite_ref-miller_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miller-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Models">Models</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Cycle_Co&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Models"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_James_motorcycles" title="List of James motorcycles">List of James motorcycles</a></div> <p>James produced the 98 cc <a href="/wiki/James_Autocycle" title="James Autocycle">Autocycle</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Comet" title="James Comet">98cc Comet</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Commodore" title="James Commodore">Commodore</a>, also 1954/55 Colonel 225cc Villiers single cylinder, several Captains as well as trials and scrambles bikes. In 1956 they produced the Captain 200 K7, Cotswold 200 K7C, and Commando 200 K7T, all 197 cc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Cycle_Co&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x4lPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA884">"James Cycle Company, Limited"</a>. <i>The Statist</i>. 5 June 1897. p. 884.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Statist&rft.atitle=James+Cycle+Company%2C+Limited&rft.pages=884&rft.date=1897-06-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dx4lPAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA884&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Cycle+Co" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-miller-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-miller_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-miller_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiller2016" class="citation book cs1">Miller, Peter (15 April 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=k00dDAAAQBAJ"><i>The Famous James Military Lightweight</i></a>. 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