Bayliss, Thomas and Co.

Coventry. Stand No. 39.
The Excelsior motor-bicycle has done much to uphold the old name during last season, and the new models may be expected to add to its fame. The standard pattern has a variable pulley giving gear variations between about 4 to 1 and 6 to 1, while a new model is introduced having a two speed gear in the back hub. The gear is of a convenient type, allowing of starting without jacking up the rear wheel, and is therefore particularly well adapted for side car work. Special attention has been paid to the mud-guarding of the front wheel, which latter is mounted in a Druid spring fork. The petrol tank has a capacity of well over a gallon, so the rider need not run dry before he can take in an even two quarts when refilling on the road. In all there are four models - the Tourist, without pedals, the cone clutch free engine type, with pedals, the 3 H.P. two-speed model, and the light twin Autolite, with two-speed gear, free engine and footboards. The Autolite reflectors must not be missed.

Olympia Show, November 1910