FINER DETAILS

Ascot-Pullin 500 Sports Utility

ENGINE:

Air-cooled two-valve OHV horizontal singlecylinder dry sump fourstroke with pushrod valve gear and twin-port exhaust

DIMENSIONS:

Bore x stroke: 82x94mm

CAPACITY: POWER:

16bhp at 5500 rpm (at rear wheel)

COMPRESSION RATIO: CARBURETTOR:

1⅛in Amal with remote float chamber

IGNITION:

Gear-driven BTH magdyno

TRANSMISSION:

Three-speed hand with gear primary and chain final drive

CLUTCH:

Multiplate dry

CHASSIS:

Pressed-steel monocoque, no suspension

SUSPENSION:

Pressed-steel girder fork with central enclosed spring

WHEELBASE: BRAKES:

Two interconnected 8in/203 mm Pullin single leading shoe drums front and rear, hydraulically operated jointly via foot pedal, with front brake also independently cableoperated by handlebar lever

WHEELS/TYRES:

Front 3.25/Rear 3.50 x 19 Avon Speedmaster Mk. II on wire-laced steel rim mounted on Pullin patented quickrelease hub

WEIGHT:

330lb/150kg dry (claimed)

SEAT HEIGHT: FUEL CAPACITY:

4.50 gallons/20.25 litres

TOP SPEED:

75mph/120km/h (tested at Brooklands)