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A longside developing an interest in car designs (including offering water-cooled versions of their single and V-twin engines, perhaps fostered by their earlier single cylinder JAP ‘Dual Sociable’) the Tottenham maker supplied engines to a growing list of motorcycle makers, including BAT, Chater Lea and Matchless.

While JAP-powered machines enjoyed

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