Lathey
Robert Lathey of East Devonport, Tasmania (1913-16)
Built motorcycles using Precision and Villiers engines.
ACCIDENT TO A CYCLIST.
DEVONPORT, July 11.
Robert Lathey, a cycle machinist, was coming down Moriarty Hill, when his motor-cycle skidded, throwing him violently and breaking his leg. He lay there for some time before another cycle agent came along. He was then placed in a baker's cart, and brought to his home at East Devonport, where Dr. Addison set the limb.
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) Wed 12 Jul 1911
Sources: Trove NLA, Simon Fleming.
Laver (S.A.) c.1906-08
Leitch c.1911-13 (Vic.)
Leo
Saward reports that a used Leo 3½ h.p. motorcycle was advertised in Melbourne in 1920.
Source: Robert Saward
Leslie (Vic.) 1912
Lewis (Adelaide)
Lewis (VIC)
Based in Williamstown, and later in Melbourne, they are listed as a manufacturer from 1909 until about 1919. The are unrelated to Lewis of Adelaide.
Liberty by Acme of Melbourne, 1904~1916
Limb: see Pirie 1903-1914 (S.A.)
LOB
Manufactured by J. L. Lob & Son, 129 Rundle Street, Adelaide using Minerva engines and BSA rolling chassis, 1904 to c.1907.
The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA) Sat 2 Jun 1906
Source: Trove NLA
Local
Racing motorcycles built in Queensland until 1906 and possibly later using 2 ¾ h.p. and 3½ h.p. engines, most likely from Minerva.
Messers Baynes Brothers ran several businesses including building supplies and a meatworks. and brought two young cyclists from UK to establish a cycle business. Fritz Sofus Kristian Skov and John Campbell from Glasgow arrived in 1895 and established the business, building Local cycles and motorcycles to about 1906 which also were sold by J W ('Billy') Dowd, who operated the Local Cycle Works in Brisbane Street. Ipswich. Skov left in 1910 to head the motorcycle department of the Howard Motor & Cycle Co.
Racing records of the period:
Lyall
The Lyall motorcycle is thought to have been built in Tasmania around 1925 using the Coventry-Victor engine.
Sources: Simon Fleming
Rarer Australian Marques
