- ENGINE: 1000 CC with overhead valve
- ENGINE NO: 18T687
- TRANSMISSION :3 speed
- CARBURETOR: Schebler
- MAGNETO: Splitdorf
Pope Manufacturing Company was one of the earliest Motorcycle makers in America, founded in 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts,
by Albert Augustus Pope. They made a variety of things, from bicycles and automobiles to guns, but it wasn't until 1902 that the production of
motorcycles began. It was his son, Albert Linder Pope, who elevated their motorcycles to one of the most technologically advanced
of the 1910s. Under his guidance, overhead valves and full front and rear suspension were developed well ahead of most manufacturers. They
were manufactured in Westfield, Massachusetts, not far from where Indian Motorcycles got their start in Springfield,
until 1918 after manufacturing turned to the efforts of World War I. The Columbia brand of bicycles started by Pope has survived despite
many changes to company and ownership, carrying the torch for the fire that once lit the development of the early Motorcycle. They are
now considered one of the most collectible of American motorcycles as such an important part of history.
The Pope Twin was the fastest production motorcycle in the world at the time and the most sought-after early American
motorcycle of that era. The 1917 and 1918 T models were Pope's best and most powerful. This was the last year of motorcycle
production by the Pope Manufacturing Company in its Westfield, Massachusetts plant and they certainly went out on a high note by
producing their most powerful Pope twin ever, the Pope Model T.
