This machine possesses probably the most novel departures from standard practice, and it is sure to draw an interested crowd to Messrs. Nye and Co.'s stand No. 62. Unfortunately the machine is exhibited in an incomplete state...
Continued: Wooler 1912
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BROWN. No 207.
Brown Bros., Ltd., Great Eastern Street. E.C. – This year the firm is displaying some fine examples of the standard lightweight and a 3½ h.p. machine fitted with Armstrong three-speed gear and sidecar...
Continued: Brown 1912 Models
ARIEL, No. 124.
Components, Ltd. (Ariel Dept.), Bournbrook, Birmingham. – The improvement in this year's 3½ h.p. model relate only to details. Amongst the most notable of these is the re-arrangement...
Continued: Ariel 1912
MACBETH, No. 101.
Colmore Depot, Colmore Row, Birmingham. This is a most sensibly designed machine....
Continued: Macbeth of Birmingham
ROVER, No. 113.
The Rover Co., Ltd., Meteor Works, Coventry. – The 3½ h.p. Rover is much the same as last year, but the 1912 model possesses a number of minor improvements. Amongst these may be mentioned the shortened frame, the new stand, exhaust cut-out, new pattern Druid front forks with extra large springs, U shape of up-turned handle-bar with brazed on control lugs, and internal Bowden cables. The engine lugs have been very much neatened, and the machine has been certainly improved by the fitting of a front stand...
Continued: Rover 1910-1912
NEW HUDSON, No. 75.
The New Hudson Cycle Co., Ltd., Summerhill Works, Birmingham, – The most interesting model on this stand is the Colonial machine fitted with a petrol tank to hold two gallons. It is shown fitted to a Montgomery sidecar. The combination, finished in French grey, is a particularly attractive one. The new type of New Hudson engine and a number of interesting detail improvements are incorporated in this model...
Continued: New Hudson 1912 Models
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GRANDEX, No. 57.
The Grandex Cycle Co., Gray's Inn Road. W.C. – An exceedingly neat-looking lightweight of thoroughly practical design...
Continued: Grandex 1912
KYNOCH, No. 74.
Kynoch, Ltd., Witton, Birmingham, show a motor bicycle for the first time...
Continued: Kynoch Motorcycles
WARRICK TRICAR, No. 86.
John Warrick and Co., St. Mary's Butts, Reading, and 402-6, Edgware Road, W. – The engine is carried under the rear seat and is provided with two outside flywheels...
Continued: John Warrick and Co
O.K., No. 289.
Humphries and Dawes, Lancaster Street, Birmingham. – This firm is manufacturing three quite new models, all fitted with Precision engines. They have large and well-equipped works capable of turning out 1,000 cycles a week...
Continued: OK 1912 Models
DOT, No. 129.
The Service Co., High Holborn, W.C, show, among others, the Dot motor cycle, made by H. Reed, of Deansgate, Manchester...
Continued: Dot Motorcycles for 1912
MATCHLESS, No. 35.
H. COLLIER AND SONS, LTD., Plumstead, S.W. – Messrs. Collier and Sons are exhibiting a very complete range of models...
Continued: 1912 Models
EXCELSIOR, No. 71a.
Bayliss, Thomas and Co., Excelsior Works, Coventry. – Quite an interesting point about this machine is the lubrication system. A Best and Lloyd drip feed lubricator is supplied which allows the oil to enter a hole in the cylinder...
Continued: Excelsior 1912 Models
CHARLES EDMUND, No. 100.
Charles Edmund and Co., Chester. – The chief feature about this machine is the spring frame. This consists of a separate top tube hinged at its forward end, while at its after end there is a shackle...
Continued: Edmund 1912
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LINCOLN ELK, No. 84.
James Kirby, Broadgate, Lincoln. – This machine follows standard lines throughout. The frame is dropped at the rear...
Continued: Lincoln Elk 1912 Models
KERRY-ABINGDON, No. 16.
The East London Rubber Co., Great Eastern Street, E.C.– This model is sub-divided into four types...
Continued: Kerry-Abingdon 1912
IVY-PRECISION, No. 99.
S. A. Newman, Lichfield Road, Birmingham. – This is quite an interesting machine. The handle-bars are wide, with crossbar to aid rigidity...
Continued: Ivy 1912
GLORIA, No. 37.
The Gloria Cycle Co., Ltd., Much Park Street, Coventry. – The Gloria Co. are exhibiting two Triumph motor cycles fitted with their sidecars, also two sidecars, one with a coach-built body and the other with a basket body. There are several special fittings which are worthy of notice on these sidecars. The springing of the bodies is much on usual lines, but a particularly neat wheel springing system is employed. The wheel spindle is carried on a U tube which is pivoted to the frame at the front end. the rear end being supported by a very neat enclosed spring. The method of fixing this sidecar to the motor cycle is particularly ingenious, as instead of clipping it direct to a single tube the fixings are 80 arranged that they grip at least two tubes at once, thereby distributing the strain over a larger area; that is to say, the front fixing grips the top tube and the front down tube, and the back fixing grips the chain stays and back stays. In the latter case a distance piece is fitted between the stays, so preventing the tubes being drawn together. The stay from the wheel side of the sidecar is carried across the back of the machine and bent round the cycle saddle pin.
This allows of a particularly low position and at the same time gives ample clearance on rough roads. The fittings throughout are strongly designed, and the mudguards are carried on tubular stays.
Continued: Gloria Sidecars
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MIGHTY ATOM, No. 34.
Auto Carriers (1911), Ltd., Thames Ditton, Surrey. – Auto Carriers, Ltd., are exhibiting their 1912 model three-wheelers with two and three-seater bodies...
Continued: A.C. Models for 1912
MIDGET BICAR, No. 87.
J. T. Brown and Sons, Oxford Road, Reading. – The main feature of this machine consists in the sheet steel frame strengthened by ash...
Continued: Midget Bicar
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LEVIS. No. 131.
Mahler Bros., Station Street, Birmingham. – Several of the interesting Levis lightweights are shown on the stand of Mahler Bros.
Continued: Levis 1912-1913
MONTGOMERY, No. 60.
W. Montgomery and Co., Much Park Street, Coventry. – Numerous types of sidecars, the manufacture of which is a speciality of the firm. These are made in three types – castor wheel, spring wheel, and rigid. The castor wheel has been strengthened for high-powered machines...
Continued: Montgomery Sidecars 1912
V.S., No. 166.
Martin Geiger and Co.. 44, Clipstone Street, Great Portland Street, W.– On the Hanover Rubber Co.'s stand, Mr. M. Geiger, well known to many as a consistent performer in A.C.U. trials...
Continued: V.S. Motor Cycles
VICTORIA, No. 211.
The Victoria Motor Cycle Co., Glasgow. – This is a well designed lightweight following standard lines, fitted with the increasingly popular Precision engine...
Continued: Victoria of Glasgow
TYSELEY TRICAR, No. 290.
The Bowden Brake Co., Ltd., Tyseley, Birmingham. – This machine is driven by an 8 h.p. engine, with V-type cylinders set at 60°. It has mechanically operated valves. The magneto is accessibly placed in front and driven by a short shaft off the timing gear. Gas is supplied by a Zenith carburetter...
Continued: Tyseley Sociable
LADIES' QUADRANT, Nos. 93 and 94.
On Monday morning a lady's model Quadrant (70 x 76 mm.) arrived. It has mechanically operated valves side by side. This is quite a practical open frame machine. The tank is carried at the top of the loop frame, and from its lower extremity to the saddle tube extends a flap which protects the skirt from the engine, and, since the latter is exposed to the air all round the cooling draught is not interfered with in any way. An Armstrong three-speed gear is fitted, also handle-bar control to the magneto.
Continued: Quadrant for 1912
The Motor Cycle, Nov 23rd 1911. Pages 1277-1286.
