In 1906 Frank Grimley, of Grimley’s Sarolea Motors, Sydney, Australia was the sole Australian and New Zealand agent for all things Sarolea. This is the companies advertising flyer to all those who may have been contemplating the purchase of the new complicated mechanical motobicycle, whether as a complete machine or as a kitset, instead of …
Supplied by Turnill, North & Co, Motorcycle Specialists, of Peterborough this catalogue gives an excellent insight into the inner working of the Royal Ruby Factory. Manufacturing was spread over their No 1 and No 2 Works with the first 7 pages outlining the various departments required to produce motorcycles. From frame building, The Capstan Dept, …
This is the second Watsonian catalogue that we have listed, the other one being for Watsonian 1926. With their motto being For Pleasure, Speed, & Commerce The Watsonian Folding Sidecar Co, of Birmingham were set to deliver. Sidecars were still a new concept in 1916 but manufacturers were going all out to provide a full …
By 1938 James Motorcycles were producing only 5 models, all powered by the popular Villiers 2 stroke engine and using Albion gearboxes. This small 8 page catalogue was printed for the main New Zealand importer Skeates & White of Auckland, but in the back of it Skeates have listed 56 James Representatives throughout NZ that …
A comprehensive and well illustrated parts book for Scott motorcycles from 1922 to 1926. Complete with part numbers but unfortunately no descriptions or prices. But as clever vintage motorcyclists we can identify what we want without a bunch of words doing it for us. And as they say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. …
