Lot details
Registration No: 284 UXS
Frame No: 57972
Engine No: 409
cc: 248
MOT Expiry Date: None

Rudge secured a 1- 2- 3 in the 1930 Junior TT using machines powered by a newly developed engine equipped with a radial four valve head.
The new cylinder head appeared on production machines for the following season, one of which had a capacity of 248cc. The following season saw another addition to the range when a 248cc TT replica was added following the company's success in the 1931 Lightweight TT when they secured first and second places. For the 1933 model season the 248cc machines gained the alloy primary chaincase that had been introduced on the larger machines the previous year. The TT was dropped for the 1934 season, being replaced by a "Sport" model equipped with a positive stop foot gear change, a hand change being fitted to the Standard model, which itself was replaced the following season by a new machine fitted with a two valve head initially known as the Tourist and later the Rapid. The Sport continued in largely unaltered form, the most significant being the adoption of the larger fuel tank, fitted to higher capacity machines in the range, for the 1936 season.
The example of the radial headed four valve 248cc Sport offered dates from 1936. Restored by Ken Blake, the vendor informs us that the engine is running, the transmission is in good condition, as are the cycle and electrical components and the paint and brightwork. It has been off the road since 2007 and will consequently require "light commissioning to make it roadworthy". It is accompanied by a Swansea V5C.