JAP did produce a motorcycle themselves for three or four years but rapidly realised their forte lay in supplying engines to others. Being based in London rather than the Midlands kept them remarkably independent of the two wheel industry and their diversity into producing engines for cars, aeroplanes and the utility market meant they were not dependent on any one industry.
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