1927 AJS HR7 “JOWETT SPECIAL”

A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd was a British automobile and motorcycle manufacturer in operation from 1909 to 1931. The first big-port AJS was released in 1922, the nickname derived from the drainpipe-like exhaust. This 350cc HR7 was initially purchased by Trevor and Wilf Jowett, the AJS Agents for Northern Tasmania. They owned the AJS dealership in Launceston and prepared this bike for speed record setting. During the mid-1930s at Bakers and Greens Beach in Tasmania, this motorcycle set two Australian records for the standing and flying quarter mile with a sidecar and passenger. In solo form and running on alcohol the bike achieved a speed of 97mph on Green’s Beach. It was successful both in beach racing and hill climb events until the mid-1950s. The motorcycle remained in custody of the Jowett family until 1994 and was restored beginning in 2000.