Lot 278: 1952 James 98cc Comet De Luxe

James had begun concentrating on the manufacture of two-stroke lightweights in the 1930s and continued the policy after WW2. Its first post-war models were the ML, a 122cc Villiers-engined machine derived from a successful military design, and an autocycle. The next introduction - in 1948 - was the Comet, again Villiers-powered, but this time using the 98cc 1F unit, the latter housed in a simple loop-type rigid frame fitted with single-tube girder front fork. Standard (direct lighting) and de luxe (battery) models were offered. This De Luxe example comes with Swansea V5 and V5C documents.