Debenham Sisters
Betty and Nancy Debenham, with their dog, Poncho, were keen motorcyclists. Nancy won a Gold Medal at Brooklands in 1926.
The Debenham Sisters
Manufactured by Cyklop-Fahrrad-AG, later Elfamo Elsdorfer Fahrzeug- und Motorenwerk AG
Elsdorf (Rheinland), 1923 to 1926
Founded in late 1921 as a bicycle manufacturer with Peter Braun as director. Braun had been head of Bünnagel & Co. GmbH of Elsdorf in 1921 which built motorised bicycles powered by Snob engines.
In the first half of 1923 Dallmann & Co. of Düsseldorf, general agent for Cyklop, exhibited the Elfa motorised bicycle built by Cyklop-Fahrrad-AG. In May of that year Dallmann offered its own Dalli brand motor bicycles which had a Hansa engine mounted in a Cyklop frame.
In May 1924, the Cyklop company was renamed Elfamo (Elsdorfer Fahrzeug- und Motorenwerk AG) and had added engines and motor vehicles to its product line. Elfamo motorcycles appeared in racing events in the 175cc and 350cc classes, and some of the machines were possibly powered by JAP engines.
By this time the financial crisis in Germany was taking its toll, and the company was losing money fast. It ceased trading in 1926 and was dissolved in 1927.
Source: Motopedia
