Ambassador Motorcycles

Founded by racer Kaye Don after the World War II, the company produced lightweight motorcycles with Villiers and JAP engines and imported Zundapps from Germany.

In 1953 a model was produced with electric starters and the first Ambassador twin appeared in 1957.

[citation needed] Founded by Irish motorcycle racer and 1920s Brooklands star Kaye Don in 1946 as "U.S. Concessionaires Ltd.", the company was started to import American cars.

[2] Motorcycle development started with a 494 cc vertical twin JAP-engined prototype.

Ambassador motorcycles were costly and did not sell well, but exports to Australia and New Zealand were successful.