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"I wants to make yer flesh creep"
Some Gruesome Relics of Bygone Days seen by the Motor Cyclist on Tour
Wayside Gibbets
The 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 Sarazin
Hawker Motorcycles
An obscure marque built by an Australian. He is the Hawker of Hurricane and Harrier fame.
Harry Hawker
Today in Motorcycle History
Vicente Esteller Planell
Vicente Esteller Planell
Manufactured in 1950, it was fitted with a Cucciolo T3 60cc engine. The Cucciolo engine was the basis of the first complete Ducati motorcycle.
The example pictured is in the Medinabi Collection in Madrid. The marque is possibly referred to as VEP.
Vicente Esteller Planell Cucciolo T3
Vicente Esteller Planell
Vicente Esteller Planell Ducati
Ducati Vep rear wheel
Source: Phil Aynsley.