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A few months ago Andy Wells bought a Dayton, a marque with a patchy, on-off existence. His 1914 example was fitted with what was then a newly-available 269cc Villiers two-stroke engine.
As a Pioneer-eligible machine it looked a good entry-level model. However, it appeared to be a wise move to learn to walk before a Pioneer Run, trying to get to grips with a daunting array of controls involving levers, cables, rods and pipes