A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOTOR CYCLES.
Acme Motor Co.
A light-weight motor bicycle, fitted with 2 h.p. Minerva engine and fittings, is the principal feature on the stand of the Acme Motor Co. (No. 68). The machine is very neat in appearance, and exceedingly well finished. Other types are fitted with 2¾ h.p. Auto-motor engines and 3 h.p. Acme engines. One machine, designed for use with trailers, is provided with a 4½ h.p. Auto-motor engine. The control of the motor is by means of Bowden wires and twisting handles. (Stand 68.)
The Anglian Motor Bicycle
exhibited by the motor company of the same name on Stand 67 is a very massive and powerful-looking machine. A 2¾ h.p. air-cooled De Dion engine is employed in conjunction with the Viet carburetter. A V-shaped belt transmits the driving power to the rear wheel. The chief considerations in the design of this machine have been to obtain strength, together with comfort, for the rider, and ease in the manipulation of the machine, the control of which is effected by a twisting handle. (Stand 67.)
Bat Motor Manufacturing Co.
This exhibit consists of numerous specimens of the well-known pedalless Bat motor bicycle, in addition to which the company are also showing several well-designed examples of the Bat fore and-side cars. We were particularly struck with the workmanlike look of their touring machine, which is fitted with mechanically-operated valves, Longuemare carburetter, trembler coil, make-and-break contact; reservoir of special design, and the usual Bat patent switch, by means of which current is broken and brake applied at once, or at will. Attached to this bicycle is the very clever little invention which the Bat people have recently brought out - the Bat stand.
Continued: BAT 1903-1904
Bayliss, Thomas, and Co., Ltd.
This well-known Coventry firm have on exhibition a large number of motor bicycles, Excelsior tricycles, and Trimos. With the exception of a few trifling modifications, the design of both the engine sand frames follows very much, on the lines of their 1903 pattern, the principal departure being the fact that, instead of fitting the M.M.C. engine as has been the case heretofore, this firm are now-making and fitting their own engines under a license from Messrs. De Dion-Bouton and Co...
Continued: Excelsior 1903-1904 Models
The Motor Cycle November 25th, 1903. Page 844
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