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British Motorcycles
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British Motorcycles of the 1920s

A

  • Abbotsford 1919-1920
  • ABC 1920-1924
  • Abingdon 1903 and 192
  • Ackland 1919-1924
  • Acme 1902-1922
  • AEL 1919 and 1924
  • AGA 1921
  • Airolite 1921 and 1923
  • Ajax 1923 and 1924
  • AJR 1925-1926
  • AJS 1910-1945
  • AJW 1926-c1936
  • AKD
  • Akkens
  • Alecto
  • Alldays (Allon)
  • Alvis
  • Alwin
  • Arab
  • Argson Engineering Co
  • Ariel
  • Armis
  • Ascot-Pullin
  • Aston
  • Atlanta-Duo
  • Atomette
  • Aurora IoM
  • Auto Wheel
  • Autoglider
  • Autoped
  • Avon
  • Avondale
  • Avonvale
  • Avro Motorcycles

    • B

  • B&B
  • B&H
  • Baker
  • Banshee
  • Bard-JAP
  • Barnson
  • Baron
  • BAT Motor Company
  • BAT-Martinsyde
  • Baughan
  • Beardmore Precision
  • Beaumont
  • Bernon-Morelle
  • Bert Houlding and Sons
  • Berwick
  • Birmingham Motor...
  • Black Prince
  • Blackburne
  • Bluebird
  • Booth Brothers
  • Bown
  • Boyd Motors
  • BP Scooters
  • Bradbury
  • Bradshaw
  • Bright and Hayles 1908-1921
  • Britax
  • British Anzani Engine Co
  • British Challenge c1920
  • British Motor Syndicate
  • British Radial Engine Co
  • British Roadless
  • British Standard
  • Broler Motors
  • Brough
  • Brough Superior
  • Brown and Layfield
  • Brown and Roper
  • BSA
  • Bulldog
  • Burney
  • Burney and Blackburne
  • Butterfield Brothers

    • C

  • Caesar 1922-23
  • Calthorpe
  • Cambro 1920-21
  • Campion 1901-1925
  • Carfield 1919-1927
  • Carlton
  • Castell
  • CC
  • Cedos Motors 1919-1929 
  • Challenge Cycle Co
  • Chandler
  • Chase
  • Chater-Lea
  • Christie c1921
  • Clement
  • Clifton and De Guerin
  • Clyde 1900-1926
  • Clyno 1909-1924
  • CMM 1920
  • Comery Motors 1919-1925
  • Connaught 1912-1926
  • Corydon
  • Cotton
  • Coulson 1919-1923
  • Coventry
  • Coventry-B&D 1923-1925
  • Coventry-Eagle 1901-1939
  • Coventry-Star 1919-1921
  • Coventry-Victor (2) 1919-1935
  • Coventry Emblem circa 1920
  • Coventry Ensign 1921-1923
  • Coventry Mascot 1922-1923
  • Crest 1922-1923
  • Croft Cameron 1923-1926
  • Curtis 1922
  • Cygnet 1923

    • D


  • Dalton 1920-1922
  • Dane 1920
  • Dart 1923-1924
  • Davis Brothers 1924
  • Dayton 1913-1922
  • De Luxe c1912 to c1924
  • Defy-All 1921-1923
  • Dene 1903-1924
  • DMB 1927
  • Donaldson and Kelso 1921-1922
  • DOT 1903-1973
  • Douglas 1907-1957
  • Downer-Groves 1920-1922
  • Dunelt 1919-1956 
  • Duzmo 1919-1924
  • Dyson-Motorette 1920-1922

    • E

  • Economic 1921-1923
  • Edmund 1910-1926
  • Elliston and Fell 1911-1924
  • Endurance 1915-1925
  • ETA 1921
  • Excel Co 1921-1924
  • Excelsior 1896-1965

    • F

  • Farnell
  • FB 1913-22
  • Federal 1921-1929
  • Federation 1921-1937
  • Felix 1924
  • FEW 1920, 1926-1928
  • FHW 1924
  • Forfield 1920
  • Francis-Barnett 1919-1966
  • Frank 1925

    • G

  • Gaby 1914-1920
  • Gamage 1903-1923
  • Glanfield Rudge 1928
  • Glendale 1921-1922
  • Gloria 1924-1925
  • Gordon-Simplex 1921-1922
  • Gough 1920
  • Green 1919-23
  • GRI 1920-1922
  • Grigg 1920-1925
  • Grindlay-Peerless 1923-1934
  • Grindley 1922-1939
  • GSC 1920
  • GSD 1922-1923

    • H

  • H&R 1923
  • Hack 1921-1923
  • Haden 1905-1931
  • Hagg Tandem 1920-1922
  • Hansa 1920-22
  • Hansan 1920-1922
  • Harwood 1920-1921
  • Hawker 1920-1924
  • Hazlewood 1911-1924
  • HB 1910-1923
  • HCL c1922
  • HEC 1923
  • Herner 1923
  • HJ 1920-2
  • Hobart 1901-1923
  • Holroyd 1922-1924
  • Hooper 1921
  • Hoskison 1919-1922
  • HRD 1924-1928
  • Hudlass 1920
  • Hudson and Matthews 1924
  • Humber 1902-1930
  • Hyde (1921)

    • I

  • Indian Prince 1920-1924
  • Invicta 1913-1923
  • Ivy 1907-1934
  • Ixion 1910-1923

    • J

  • Jackson 1902
  • Jackson 1919
  • James 1902-1962
  • JD 1922-1926
  • JES 1909-1924
  • Juckes 1902-1925
  • Jupp 1921-1925

    • K

  • Kelly 1921
  • Kempton 1921-1922
  • Kenilworth 1919-1924
  • Kingsbury 1919-1923
  • Kingsway 1920

    • L

  • L&H 1923-1925
  • Le Vack 1923
  • Lea-Francis 1912-1924
  • Lethbridge 1923
  • Levis 1911-1940
  • LGC 1928-1931
  • Lincoln-Elk
  • Lloyd (L.M.C.) 1903-1922

    • M

  • Macklum 1920
  • Marloe 1920-1921
  • Marlow 1921-1922
  • Marseel 1920
  • Martin 1920-1921
  • Martin-JAP 1929-1957
  • Martinshaw 1923-1925
  • Martinsyde 1919-1923
  • Massey Motor Co 1923-1929
  • Massey-Arran 1920-1924
  • Matador 1923-1927
  • Matchless 1899-1945
  • Maxim 1920-1922
  • McEvoy 1926 - 1929
  • McKechnie Motors 1922
  • McKenzie 1921-1925
  • Mead 1922-1924
  • Melen 1922-1926
  • Metro-Tyler 1919-1924
  • Metropolitan 1928
  • Mobil Pup 1920-1921
  • Mohawk 1922-1925
  • Monarch 1919-1921
  • Monopole 1927
  • Montgomery 1905-1940
  • Moonbeam 1920
  • Morris-Warne 1922
  • Morton-Adam 1923-1925
  • Motorped 1919-1922
  • Mountaineer 1920
  • MPH 1921-1922

    • N

  • Neal 1910-1922
  • Neal-Dalm 1910-1922
  • Ner-A-Car 1921-1927
  • New Comet 1905-1931
  • New Coulson 1923-1924
  • New Era 1920
  • New Gerrard 1922-1940
  • New Henley 1920-1926
  • New Hudson 1903-1958
  • New Imperial 1912 and 1940
  • New Knight 1923-1929
  • New Paragon 1921-1922
  • New Scale 1920-1925
  • Newmount 1929-1933
  • Newton 1920-1921
  • Nickson-B 1921-1927
  • Nomad 1920s
  • Norbreck 1920-1922
  • Northumbrian 1920-1921
  • Norton 1902-2006
  • NUT 1911-1933

    • O

  • OEC 1901-1954
  • OK 1899-1926
  • OK-Supreme 1926-1940
  • Olivos 1920-1921
  • Olympic 1919-1923
  • Omega 1914-1927
  • Orbit 1913-1924
  • Osmond Cycle Co 1902 and 1925
  • Overdale 1921 and 1922

    • P

  • P&S 1920-1921
  • Packman and Poppe (P&P) 1922-1930
  • Panther P&M 1900-1965
  • Paragon 1914 and 1921
  • Pax 1921 and 1922
  • Pearson and Sopwith 1920-1922
  • Pen Nib 1925
  • Peters 1920-1925
  • Planet 1919-1920
  • Portland 1920
  • Powell 1920-1925
  • Premier 1908-1920
  • Priory 1920-1924
  • Pullin 1920-1955

    • Q

  • Quadrant 1900-1928

    • R

  • R&H 1923
  • Radco 1913-1933
  • Raleigh 1901-1971
  • Ray 1920
  • Rav 1922
  • Raynal 1914-1922
  • Ready 1920 and 1922
  • Rebro 1923-1929
  • Redrup 1920 and 1921
  • Regent 1919 and 1920
  • Remus 1920-1922
  • Revere 1919-1922
  • Rex-Acme 1922-1932
  • Reynolds-Runabout 1919-1924
  • Reyre-Newson 1921
  • Ricardo 1921
  • Rockson 1920-1923
  • Rodgers 1920-1922
  • Romney Frost 1920
  • Romp and Romper 1913-1920
  • Royal Enfield 1901-current
  • Royal Ruby 1911-1933
  • Rudge-Whitworth 1911- 1933

    • S

  • Saltley 1919-1925
  • Sandow 1920s
  • Sarco-Reliance 1921 and 1922
  • Saturn 1925-1926
  • Saxelby 1923-1924
  • Scale 1906-1920
  • Scott 1901-1982
  • Seal 1912-1932
  • Sharratt 1920-1931
  • SGM 1927-1931
  • Shaw 1904 and 1922
  • Sheffield-Henderson 1920-1923
  • Silva 1920
  • Simplex 1919-1922
  • Sirrah, 1921-1925
  • Skootamota 1919 and 1923
  • Slade-JAP 1921 & 1922
  • Slaney 1920
  • SOS 1927-1939
  • Southey 1905-1922
  • SPA-JAP 1921 and 1923
  • Spagthorpe 1920s-1980s
  • Sparkbrook 1912-1924
  • Springfield 1921
  • Springwell 1920
  • Sprite 1919-1920
  • Stafford 1920 and 1921
  • Stan 1921 and 1922
  • Stanger 1919-1923
  • Star c.1919-1921
  • Sudbrook c1919-1920
  • Sun 1911-1961
  • Sunbeam 1912-1965
  • Superb Four
  • Supremoco 1921-1923

    • T

  • Tavener 1921
  • TEJ 1922 and 1923
  • Tilston 1919 and 1920
  • Tinkler 1927-1928
  • Toreador 1925-1928
  • Trafford 1919-1922
  • Trebloc Manufacturing Co 1923 and 1924
  • Triple-H 1922 and 1923
  • Trump 1906-1923
  • Turner Special 1927
  • Tyler Apparatus Co 1919-1924
  • Tyrus Cycle Co 1919-1924

    • U

  • Unibus 1920-1922

    • V

  • Vasco 1921-1923
  • Vauxhall 1921 and 1922
  • Velocette 1905-1971
  • Venus 1920-1922
  • Verus, 1919-1926
  • Viaduct Motor Co 1920
  • Victoria 1902-1926
  • Vincent 1928-1955
  • Vindec 1919-1929
  • Viper Motor Co 1919-1921
  • Vulcan 1922-1924

    • W

  • Wag 1923-1925
  • Wallis 1925-1929
  • Wallis and James 1920 and 1921
  • Wardill and Sons 1927 and 1928
  • Warrior 1923 and 1924
  • Watney 1922
  • Watts 1922
  • Waverley 1921-1923
  • Weatherell 1920 and 1923
  • Weatherwell 1922-1923
  • Weaver 1923-1925
  • Welland B 1919 and 1920

  • Wheatcroft 1924
  • Whippet 1920-1921
  • Whitworth 1924
  • Wigan-Barlow 1921 and 1922
  • Wilkin Motors 1920 and 1921

  • Williamson 1912-1920
  • Willow 1920
  • Wilson and Elford 1923-1925
  • Winco 1920-1922
  • Winster-JAP 1927
  • Witall 1920
  • Wolf 1903-1940
  • Wooler 1911-1926
  • Wren 1924
  • Wright and Gasking 1927-1928

    • XYZ

  • XL 1921-23
  • Young 1919-1923
  • Zenith 1904-1950
  • Zephyr c1919-1922

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