Frederick Street, Heath Town, Wolverhampton
Beau-Ideal motorcycles were produced from 1903 to 1907.
1896 The company, Richards' Beau Ideal Cycle Co, was registered on 20 July, to take over the business of Charles Richards and Co.
At the 1903 Stanley Show motorcycles with Clément-Garrard, Minerva, and J.A.P. engines were presented. The following year they exhibited three motorcycles, which were powered by 3½ h.p. German Fafnir engines. All of the models were single speed, fixed gear machines and had all of the rider's controls on the right-hand side of the handlebars. Only a few were made, and the company decided to concentrate on bicycle manufacture.
Richards Beau Ideal Motor Cycles
are shown fitted with Clément-Garrard, Minerva, and J.A.P. engines. (Stand 100.)
N.B. Howard Burrows has discovered a photograph of a motorcycle with "The Richards" on the fuel tank.
Sources: Graces Guide, The Motor Cycle.
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