Fred Cochran established Castle Cycle Works in 1899 at 156 Chapel Street, Windsor, Melbourne, as a bicycle repairer and manufacturer. The firm's first motorcycles appeared in 1912, powered by 3½ hp Precision engines. It is likely that these were rebadged Healing machines.
In 1915 a prototype was built using a V-twin MAG engine and various Healing components, along with Chochran's patented rear suspension of a style which many decades later was commonly referred to as "swinging-arm".
Following the armistice there is reference to a Castle with a De Luxe engine. The company address at that time was given as 148 Peel Street, Windsor.
Winner (Melbourne, Vic.) Wed 30 Jun 1915, Wed 11 Aug 1915
Winner (Melbourne, Vic.) Wed 12 May 1915
Sources: Trove NLA; Robert Saward.
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