A Colonial sales leaflet for Australian and New Zealand advertising the American Excelsior Model 15-3. Specially designed and constructed to meet Australia and New Zealands needs it was claimed as the most reliable Auto Cycle. What would Harley Davidson have thought at the time? Described as “the design is most graceful” how successful was the […]
1915 Excelsior V Twin Sales Pamphlet. Read More »
Albion Engineering supported the motorcycle industry for over 60 years, from the early days of supplying clutches to fixed wheel machines right up to the early 1970s with their 4 speed heavy weight gearboxes for the Royal Enfield Intercepters. Their gearboxes were also used in commercial applications like lawn mowers, parcel carriers, invalid carriages and
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As with anything vintage the maintenance of the motorcycle is very basic, but still a necessity to keep the machine in perfect running order. This manual, published in 1926 covers such basic requirements to keep the machine mobile. Anything more and it was recommended by the factory to go to a reputable dealer or even
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By 1913 The MotorCycle magazine had been in publication for 10 years and had been steadily growing in popularity, advertising themselves as having the largest circulation. So what was in the 1913 November 6th edition that motorcycle riders would find of interest? Well pretty much a bit of everything from a great collection of period
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As with all English motorcycles the next years models would have been on display at the previous years Olympia Motorcycle Show in October, so for 1939 Ariel would have had their latest creations on display at the 1938 show. Sadly with the outbreak of WW2 in August 1939 the manufacturers would have been very busy
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