Built by Blacklock and Fuller of Albury of Albury (est. 1892), and referred to as both Relay and Relay-Minerva, the first machines appeared in 1902 powered by a Minerva engines.
In 1911 a 4½ h.p. model was available. Fafnir bolt-on 3½ h.p. engines were also in use, fitted to the Relay bicyle frame with the addition of sprung front forks.
A report from 1913 on a fair says they had 5 motor cycles on display: Relay, Douglas and a BSA.
Mr E. Fuller, of Albury, established a fine motor cycle performance last week by riding from Melbourne to Albury, a distance of 201 miles, in the record time of 9 hrs. 3 min. Only those motorists or cyclists who have ever been over the wretched roads and tracks extending from Sydney almost right up to Albury, have any conception of what fast motoring is like over this country.
Mr Fuller's mount was a Dunlop shod, spring frame, Relay 2¾ h.p. motor cycle, and the fact that the machine went through this rough country at an average speed of 22 miles an hour is conclusive proof that a reliable and durable motor cycle can be properly assembled in these States.
Weekly Times (Melbourne) Sat 14 Jan 1905
Entrants in the Dunlop Reliability Motor Contest from Sydney to Melbourne
A. E. Fuller. N.S.W. (2¾ h.p. Relay)...
Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic.) Thu 16 Feb 1905
The Blacklocks name lives on: blacklocksmotorcycles.com.au
Sources: Trove NLA; alburyhistory.org.au
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