Registration No: AP 8518
Frame No: 10967
MOT: Exempt

• Just three owners from new
• Offered at ‘No Reserve’
• Restored many years ago
• Old style logbooks also on file

Levis motorcycles (1911–1940), manufactured by Butterfields Ltd. of Birmingham, were one of England's leading two-stroke motorcycle marques. Diversifying into four-stroke machines in 1928, Levis faded out during World War Two. Intriguingly, the prototype was made in the Norton Works by designer Howard ‘Bob’ Newey but rejected by James Norton. Undeterred, Newey then joined with the Butterfields, Arthur and Billy, and sister Daisy, to set up a motorcycle company (Newey later married Daisy). Their first model had a capacity of 211cc.

According to the RF60 buff logbook on file, this particular Popular model was first registered in 1925 (some two years after it was manufactured). The same document carries taxation stamps up until 1935 which argues that the lightweight Vintage machine may have been off the road for many years. Little else is known about its history prior to the Levis entering the late vendor’s extensive collection during 2007. The Popular has not been used for a few years and will require some light recommissioning before use. It is being offered with current and old style V5Cs plus the aforementioned RF60 logbook.