Campion Cycle Company
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The Campion Cycle Company was a British bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....

, cyclecar
Cyclecar
Cyclecars were small, generally inexpensive cars manufactured mainly between 1910 and the late 1920s.-General description:Cyclecars were propelled by single cylinder, V-twin or more rarely four cylinder engines, often air cooled. Sometimes these had been originally used in motorcycles and other...

 and motor cycle maker, active from 1901 to 1926 and based in Nottingham, England.
In 1927 it was purchased by currys
Currys
Currys is an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland and is owned by Dixons Retail plc. It specialises in selling home electronics and household appliances, with 295 superstores and 73 high street stores...

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Motor cycles

Campion motorcycles used a variety of proprietary engines including Minerva, MMC, Fafnir, Precision, Villiers
Villiers
-Places:In Canada* Villiers, Ontario, a small settlement near PeterboroughIn France* Villiers, Indre, in the Indre département* Villiers, Vienne, in the Vienne département* Villiers-Adam, in the Val-d'Oise département...

, Blackburne and JAP.

They also supplied frames to other companies.

Campion Cyclecar

The Cyclecar was made only in 1913 and was powered by a JAP
JA Prestwich Industries Ltd
JA Prestwich Industries, was an English engineering company named after founder John Alfred Prestwich, which produced cinematographic equipment, internal combustion engines , and other examples of precision engineering.-History:J. A...

V twin with a rating of 8hp. It used a friction transmission system and drove the rear wheels by a belt.
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