The history of the AJS V-twin: from birth to rebirth

Vintage V-twins almost took over RealClassic issues 225 and 226, with roadtests of litre-class prewar beasts from Royal Enfield and AJS. Rowena Hoseason investigates the background to the Ajay family… The Stevens family built their first V-twin more than a century ago, when AJS were still firmly rooted in Wolverhampton. Introduced in 1912, the sidevalve Model D initially used a…