A Brief History of the Marque: Humber
English firm Humber built three-wheeled forecars and four-wheelers
as well as the motorcycles which they manufactured from 1902 to 1930. Initially
their machines were built under Phelon & Moore licence using a single
cylinder P&M engine and two-speed chaindrive transmission, but later
examples had their own engines of 496cc, 596cc and 746cc. These included
sidevalve flat-twins which were built up until about 1924, subsequent machines
having only single-cylinder 347cc engines with either sidevalve, ohv or
overhead cam configuration. Competition success included a win in the 1911
Junior TT.
Coventry based Humber is mentioned at CWN
The Grampian Transport Museum has a Beeston Humber
Beeston Humbers are discussed in Motor
Cyclists on Tour, 1903
More Humber History...
Humber 350 cc 1923
by viking » 18 Jan 2011 03:49 pm
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Hi!
Here are a couple of photos my Humber 350cc from year 1923. Bike is
registered in
Helsinki,Finland 27.09.1923 (data found at National Archive in Helsinki.)
I startet to restore the bike last autum and work goes on fine.But I
don't have a Amac float
chamber top with choke middle button to my carburator -thread diameter
is 45mm.
I have two Amac float top witch are older-probably on years 1914...1919...One
has about 49mm thread and other is about 42mm -they are extra part for
me. See picture!That cap I need is for Amac early 20...
Back wheel brake system is missing,too. A rim I have,but those "mechanical
things" are missing.
See picture-those levers are missing!
I have some extra parts for Humber and Radco-Jap 300cc 1927..1929
Can you help me?
t. Markku
Humber_1923_350cc_1.jpg will be posted-1101
Thu Mar 04 2010
ronnyekeberg<at>yahoo.no
Engine
Humber Engine nr. 914
I found this in the barn on my granddads farm. I wounder which year
its made and how did this bike looks like
Norway
Wed Jul 15 2009
sly930
zeta.org.au
humber motor bike
humber 1926
i have a humber motor bike 1926 i would like to know about the bike
sydney
Fri Mar 27 2009
arun.ksigh15gmail.com
humber motorcycle 1904 model 3.5
I have an humber 1904, 3.5 hp motor. I require its fuel tank. please
help.
Tue Feb 03 2009
panhead48ar
yahoo.com
consulta
Humbert Cycles Pins
Hola tengo un Pins de Humbert Cycles muy antiguo, del lado trasero
dice WO LEWIS XXXX BIRMINGHAM, de 2X3Cms de tamaño, es de broce,
estos se entregaban con las motocicleta?, alguien tiene alguna data? Gracias
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fri Aug 22 2008
robert.silverwoodtalk21.com
old Humber motorcycle
Humber ??
I wonder if you could help me identify the bike on the attached photo.
I believe it is a Humber from the partially obscurred name on the tank.
The lady riding it was the owner. She was my Great Aunt, Lisa Alldred.
The sidecar passenger was my Grandmother Doris, Lisa's sister-in-law. I
believe the photo was taken by my Grandfather Robert Silverwood in about
1918-1920.
Regards,
Robert Silverwood
Oxfordshire, UK
Tue Jun 26 2007
emacmetroweb.co.za
Humber Bikes
± 1911 200cc pedal bike
Would you be able to date my bike that I'm busy restoring. The engine
number is 531.
Your help would be much appreciated
Johannesburg RSA
Sun Jan 07 2007
alasa6
msn
humber motorcycle
flat twin 600
do you have any details about the rear quick release axel and rear
cog from this model, regards alex
dublin, ireland
Fri Dec 15 2006
infotalkback.co.uk
Adverts & Posters
Humber, cycles etc
Hi, my company is about to move into the ground floor of the old cycle
works in Beeston. We are having the brickwork restored and we want to embrace
the tradition and history around the new offices with photographs, posters
of Humber machines. Can you help? Thanks, Alan Harvey
Nottingham
There is a company in the US
motorcycle-memories.com
who
do some wonderful reproduction posters from that era, tho mostly they are
of American bikes. Ed.
Sun Jun 11 2006
fworxhotmail
motorcycles from Russia
Humber 1914
Here is Humber 1914 from the Moscow technical museum collection. Photo
taken September 2001.
Sergey Riabsev
Moscow
Fri May 19 2006
ashleyblairxtra.co.nz
Contact with owners
Humber 3 1/2 hp motorcycles
Hi
I'm keen to make contact with anyone who has a Humber motorcycle of
around 1912 -1915 to find out the original colours. I have a 1914 model
that was restored in 1952 but the colour is not original. Attached photo
shows Humber with current colour scheme.
Ashley Blair
Pukerua Bay
New Zealand
If you have a query about Humber Motorcycles, or wish to share some
pearl of wisdom about these classic British Motorcycles, please contact
us!
