Featured Pages "I wants to make yer flesh creep" Some Gruesome Relics of Bygone Days seen by the Motor Cyclist on Tour
Wayside GibbetsThe Mother of Invention "I recommend that you maintain the business connection with Daimler. His invention is entirely trustworthy, and it will have a future, the magnitude of which we cannot begin to imagine today."
Levassor, Panhard and the woman who brought it all together - Louise SarazinHawker Motorcycles An obscure marque built by an Australian. He is the Hawker of Hurricane fame.
Harry Hawker
The Viper was a motorcycle produced from 1919 to 1921
The company produced a model with a 292cc sv JAP
engine, two-speed Albion gearbox
and chain-cum-belt transmission, CAV magneto and Amac
carburettor. It was virtually indistinguishable from any other machine
of the era and, once local demand had been satisfied, would have been hard-pressed
to compete with the larger, more notable makes.
They also built ladies models, along with larger machines with V-twins of up to 1000cc, a few of which survive.
VIPER-JAP 2½ h.p., immediate delivery, 2-speed
sporting model: £67. Agents, Tower Motor Garage. Berkeley St., Bristol. - Enquiries to J. Ivens, Kidderminster.
The Motor Cycle, January 12th, 1920.
Sources: Graces Guide, The Motor Cycle, classicbikehub.uk
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