Motosacoche 1905 “A1” 1¼ HP 212 cc aiv single fitted to period bicycle engine # 3983In 1899 the French brothers Henri and Armand Dufaux designed a little four-stroke engine. They set up production facilities in Switzerland and arranged the engine and ancillaries in a small sub frame that fitted into the frame triangle of a b..
verk. Motorrad der Firma Brennabor Werke Gebr. Reichstein Brandenburg Havel,"Leichtes Motorzweirad" Bj. 1908, mit Motor Dufaux Motosacoche A1 aus der Schweiz Bj. 1908,nicht restauriert, im alten Fundzustand, der Motor wurde nachgerüstet, leider fehlt der Benzintank und der Öltank, der verbaute Messingtank ist ein ..
Reg. no. BS 9985Frame no. 2030Engine no. 2030 Cousins Ailwyn and Frank Smith founded the Clyno Engineering Co. in 1909 making adjustable belt pulleys for motorcycle transmissions. It was not long before they turned their attention to making complete motorcycles using the best propriety parts available a..
Reg. no. SV 6476Frame no. 2658Engine no. 2658 On the original Patent application in February 1900, the Swiss Dufaux brothers and their partners described it as ‘Motor appliance for pedal bicycles having the external appearance of a saddle bag’. Saddle bag in French is ‘sacoche’ henc..
Reg. no. BS 9685Frame no. 673Engine no. A 1098 Based in Nottingham, Campion like many other early motorbike manufacturers, initially made their name producing bicycles and when they did start motorcycle production they used proprietary engines ranging from 147cc lightweights to 996cc V-twins f..
Peugeot 1903 2HP Type “C” 239 cc aiv frame # 2645 engine # 1275 At the dawn of the 20th century the popularity of the tricycle was unchallenged, but by 1902 the motorized bicycle started to take the lead: at the Paris Salon in December 1901 81 motorized cycles were exhibited, of which there were only 21 tricycles or quadricy..
Peugeot 1905ca 3½ HP 500cc AIV engine # 14828 1905 was to be an excellent year for Peugeot: there were lots of successes with speed events and sales were much higher than in 1904.From the beginning till the mid-twenties Peugeot engines were numbered consecutively: up to 1904 some 5,000 engines were produced, a year later mor..