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THE HISTORY OF AJS MOTORCYCLES
The name AJS stands for A.J. Stevens & Co., the firm's full official name. But that's an awful lot to fit on the side of a motorcycle tank, so they made do with the initials. Founder Joe Stevens owned Stevens Screw Co. in Wolverhampton, England, and by 1987 had built his first motorcycle using a US-built Mitchell engine. Before long, he and his three sons were making improved versions of the Mitchell, which were followed by engines of their own designs, including parallel twins and V-twins, which they were selling to other early motorcycle manufacturers, including Werner, Wolf and Clyno. In 1909, a Wearwell motorcycle using a Stevens-built engine won a 24-hour non-stop endurance race. One of Joe Stevens' sons, Albert (nicknamed "Jack") was inspired to enter one of their own machines in the Tourist Trophy race at the Isle of Man TT. A new company, A.J. Stevens & Co. (AJS Motorcycles) was formed and opened for business on Retreat Street, in Wolverhampton. Their first product debuted at the 1910 Motorcycle Show, a 298cc side valve single with a 2-speed gearbox, just 2cc under the 300cc displacement limit to enter the 1911 Isle of Man TT. AJS's factory race bike came in 16th, with an identical AJS owned and ridden by a privateer came in 15th. The other brothers, Harry and George joined the company and began racking up a string of successes, both at the race track and in showrooms. During their 23 years of ownership JAP piled up no less than 117 world records for motorcycles. They worked constantly at improving and expanding their product line, even getting into automobile production during the late 1920s.

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