The History of AJS Motorcycles
A J Stevens & Co (AJS), was founded by Harry, George, Jack and Joe Stevens on 14th November 1909.
Harry set about designing the first two machines called model A and Model B, which saw the company through until the war.
1912 saw the launch of the model D. However, due to the War, petrol was scarce, so the company decided to try testing town gas instead. They managed to set up a feed, and the speed was varied by turning the gas on or off.
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