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British Motorcycle Manufacturers

A

A. Barnett see Invicta

A and A Autocarrier 1906-07

Abbot Ford 1920

Abbotsford 1919-1920

ABC 1912-1923

ABC (Birmingham) 1920-24

Aberdale 1947-49

Abingdon 1903-1932

ABJ 1949-54

Abrahams 1911~1919

A.C. Sociable (Auto-Carrier) 1910

Ackland 1919-1924

Acme 1902-1922

Addison 1904-05

Advance 1906-1912

AEB 1913-14

AEC 1914

AEL 1919-1924

Aeolus 1903-05

AER 1938-39, 1957

Aerocar Engineering Cyclecars

A.F. Cars 1969-1980

AGA 1921

Airolite 1921-1923

Ajax 1923-24

AJR 1925-26

AJW 1926~1936

AKD 1926-1932

Akkens 1919-1922

Albion 1900s-1950s

Alecto 1919-1924

Aleywood c.1966-1969

Alert 1903~1920

All Speed Gear Syndicate 1907-08

Allan Thomas 1920s

Allard 1897-1902

Allard Clipper 1953-55

Alldays & Onions 1903-1915

Allen Norton 1989-1994

Allen-Bennett 1922-24

Allon - see Alldays

Allwyn Cyclecars

Alp 1912-1916

Alpha 1956-1968

Alta 1969-70

Alvis 1920

Alwin 1920

Amazon Cars 1921-22

Andrew Lawson 1895-97

Anglian 1903-1912

Anglo-American 1899-1904

Ansel 1980s

Antig 1966-2024

Aolus 1903-1905

Arab 1924-25

Archer Cyclecars 1920

Archibald Frazer-Nash 1910-1929

Arden 1912-1922

Argson Engineering Co 1921-1930

Arion 1903

Armac Cub 1990-2024

Armis 1919-1923

Armstrong CCM 1971-2024

Armstrong 1913-1915

Armstrong and Co 1914

Arno 1906-1915

Arrow 1913-1917

Ascot 1901-05

Ascot-Pullin 1928-1930

Ashburn 1904-05

Ashford 1904-05

ASL 1907-1915

ASP 1997-98

Aspin 1937

Aster Engineering 1899-1931

Aston 1922-25

Athmac Cyclecars 1913

Atlas 1912-14

Atom see AC

Atomette Cyclecars 1922

Aurora (Coventry) 1902-1907

Aurora (IoM) 1919-1921

Austel 1985-91

Austen 1903-05

Auto Repairs Co 1912

Auto Sidecar 1914

Auto Wheel 1910-1922

Autoglider 1919-1922

Automobilette 1900

Autoped 1916-1921

Autotrix Cyclecars, 1911-14

Auto Wheel Motorette

Auxiliary Wheel Sidecar 1905-06

A. V. Motors 1902-03

Avon Tri-mobile Bristol, 1903-1912

Avon 1919-1920

Avro 1905~1957

AWJ 1926-c1936

Ayres-Hayman 1920

Ayrton-Perry 1881

B

B&B 1908-1920

B&H 1923

BAC 1951-53

Baines 1901-1902

Baker 1928-1930

Bamber 1903-1905

Bamby 1983-85

Banshee 1921-24

Bantamoto 1951-52

Barber Est. 1966

Bard 1895-c.1901

Bard-JAP 1919-1920

Barko 1915

Barnes 1904-06

Baron 1921

Barr & Stroud 1921-27

Barron 1976-1981

Barry 1904-05

Barter 1902-05

Barton Engineering 1975-1982

Basil 1911

BAT Motor Company

Baughan 1921~1936

Bayliss-Thomas 1904-1922

Beale 1990-2024

Beamish 1970s-1980s

Beardmore Precision 1920-25

Beau-Ideal 1903-07

Beaufort 1922-25

Beaumont 1920~1947

Beeston Cycle Company 1896-1910

Belvedere 1910-11

Bentinck see Young (1904)

Bentley, J.F. 1904-1905

Berkeley Microcars 1956-1960

Bernon-Morelle 1923

Bert Houlding and Sons

Berwick 1929-1930

Bewley 1962~1972

Bindy 1979-1980

Binks 1903-05

Birch 1902-04

Birmingham Motor (Rex Acme) 1900-1921

Black Prince 1919-1920

Blackborough 1919

Blackburne 1913~1931

Blackford 1902-04

Blackjack 1996-2024

Blacknell Sidecars 1950s

Blumfield 1903-1914

Bond 1949-1971

Bond and Cooper 1907-09

Booth 1901-03

Booth Brothers 1919-1924

Bord 1902-1906

Border Bandit 1970s

Borham 1902-1905

Bounds-JAP 1909-1912

Bowden 1902-1905

Bown 1922-1958

Boyd Motors 1923-24

BP Scooters 1960

B.R.A. (Beribo) c.1978-2009

Bradbury Brothers see Corydon

Bradbury 1902-1924

A. E. Bradford 1912~1950s

Bradshaw 1918-1925

Braithwaite 1906-1914

Bransom, Kent and Co 1901-04

Brenda c.1920

Bright and Hayles 1908~1921 (Camber)

Binetta 1956-1961

Britax 1949~1985

British Anzani Engine Co 1927-1980

British Challenge 1920

British Cycle Manufacturing Co 1904-1906

British Motor Syndicate 1890s

British Radial Engine Co 1921-22

British Roadless 1920

British Salmson 1950-55

British Standard 1919~1925

Brockhouse Engineering 1948-1955

Broler Motors 1920-22

Brooklands 1912

Brooks, Tasler and Cox see Broler

Brough 1898-1925

Brough Superior 1919-1940

W. P. Brough see Marsh

Brown 1902-1919

Brown and Roper 1921

Brown-Bicar see Midget Bicar

BTS Credette 1950s

Buckland 1985-1998

Buckley 1903-04

Buck 1910-12

Burbury Sidecars 1919

Burford 1914-15

Burney 1923-1927

Burney and Blackburne 1913-1922

Bushboy see Great

Busmar Sidecars 1950-1965

Butcher, G. and W. 1903

Butler 1884-1897

Butler & Jordan 1911

Butler, Chris 1963-1966

Butterfield Brothers (Levis) 1911-1940

Buzmo see Duzmo

BVR (Brian Valentine Racing)

C

C & H Cyclecar 1912-13

Caesar 1922-23

Cairn 1950

Cairns-Mocyc 1949-1956

Calcott 1910-15

Calthorpe 1910-1938

Calvert 1899-1904

Camber 1908~1921

Canoelet Sidecars 1911~1923

Canterbury Sidecars 1952-1962

Cambro 1920-21

Campion 1901-1925

Cap 'em 1904-05

Carden Monocar 1914

Carfield 1919-1927

Carlton 1922-1940

Carlton Motor Co 1902-03

Casswell 1904-05

Castell 1903-04

Castle Three 1919-1922

CC 1921-24

CCM 1971-1980s

Cedos 1919-1929

Celeripede 1902-03

Celtic 1903 (Dublin)

Centaur 1901-1914

Century 1902-05

Chambers Engineering 1902-03

Charlton 1904-08

Chase 1903-06

Chater-Lea 1903-1936

Cheetah 1967-69

Chell 1939

Cheney 1964-2024

Cheviot c.1903~1910

Chilton Brothers 1898

City 1912-13

Clarendon 1901-04

Clark 1968

Claxton & Beatty 1922-24

Clement 1922-24

Clement-Garrard 1902-05

Cleveland 1912-17

Clifton and De Guerin 1929

Clyde 1900-1926

Clyno 1909-1924

CMC 1897 see Swift

CMC 1909-1911

CMM 1920

Colcham 1962-1972

Colonial 1911-13

Combidrive 1996

Comerford 1930-39

Comet 1904-05

Comet Yorkshire, 1960s-80s

Competition Classics 1991-

Condor of Deanshanger, 1902

Condor 1907-1914

Connaught 1912-1926

Consul 1916-22

Contrast-JAP 1912

Cope 1905

Corah 1905-1914

Corgi 1947-1954

Corona 1901-04

Corona-Junior 1919-1922

Coronet 1903-06

Corydon 1904-08

Cotton 1919-1979

Coulson 1919-1923

Coventry 1910-11

Acme

Coventry-B&D 1923-25

Coventry Bicycles 1923-1932

Coventry Challenge 1903-1922

Coventry Duplex 1907

Coventry-Eagle 1901-1939

Coventry Emblem c1920

Coventry Ensign 1921-23

Coventry Mascot 1922-23

Coventry Motette 1899-1903

Coventry Premier 1914~1923

Coventry-Star 1919-1921

Coventry-Victor 1919-1935

Coxeter 1901-03

Craig 1896

Crampton 2015-2024

Craven 1913-14

Crest 1922-23

Croft Cameron 1923-26

Cross Rotary 1922-1960s

Crossley Brothers 1900s

Crouch 1912-1928

Crownfield 1903-04

Crypto Cycle Co 1902-1909

CTS 1931-1953

Cub 1939

Curry 1913

Cyc-Auto 1934-1958

Cycle Components 1898

Cykelaid 1919-1926

Cyclaid see British Salmson

Cyclemaster 1950-1960

Cygnus 1912-1913

Cymota 1950-1952

D

Daimler 1885-1886

Dalesman 1968-1974

Dalm 1914-15

Dalton 1920-22

Dane 1920

Daneville Tricars 1907

Dart 1901

Dart 1923 to 1924

Davis 1911

Davis Brothers 1924

Davison 1902-08

Daw 1902 (Dalton and Wade)

Day-Leeds 1912-14

Dayton 1913-1960

De Havilland 1911-13

De Luxe1912~1925

Defy-All 1921-23

Delta Dart 1997~

Dene 1903-1924

Dennell 1906-08

De P Cyclecars 1914~1921

Derby 1901-02 (UK)

Despatch Rider 1915-17

Detachable 1904

Diamond 1908-1933

Dickinson 1902-05

Dingley Brothers 1920

DKR 1957-1966

DMB 1927

DMW 1950-1967

Donaldson and Kelso 1922-24

Dorman Engineering Co 1902

Dorway Sidecars 1922-1926

DOT 1903-1973

Douglas 1907-1957

Downer-Groves 1920-22

Dreadnought 1902

Dreadnought 1915

Dreng and Co 1915-17

Dresda 1961-1980s

Dula 1970s

Dunedin 1906-1910

Dunelt 1919~1957

Dunford and Elliott 1931-33 (aka Dunelt)

Dunkley 1914-16, 1950s

Dursley Pedersen 1903

Dux 1904-05

Duzmo 1919-1923

Dynasphere c.1930

Dyson Motorette 1920-22

E

Eadie 1898-1900

Eagle-Tandem 1903-05

Eagle 1912-13

Eagre 1920

Ebo of Leicester 1911-1914

Eclipse 1903-05

Economic 1921-23

Edlin 1911-12

Edmond c.1900

Edmonton 1903-10

Edmund 1910-1926

EEC 1952

Egli-Vincent (Roger Slater)

Eland 1908-10

Elgin 1908-09

Elf 1913

Elf-King 1907-09

Elfson 1923-25

Eli 1911-12

Elk 1908

Elliston and Fell 1911

Elmdon 1915-1921

Elstar 1965-1971

Elswick 1903-1915

Embro 1900s

EMB 1950s

Endrick 1911-1915

Endurance 1915-1925

Energette see Norton

Erskine Staride 1947-1960s

ETA 1921

Etna Tricycle c.1911

Evart-Hall 1903-05

Ever Upright 1910-11

Exactweld 1984-87

Excel Co 1921-24

Excelsior 1896-1965

Eyme 1912

F

Faceler 1903-04

Fagan 1935, Ireland

Fairfield 1914-15

Fairy 1906

Falcon 1986-

FB 1913-1922

FB-AJS 1974-1981

Featherstone 1903

Federal & Federation 1921-1937

Fee 1905

Felix 1924

FEW-Paramount 1920~1928

F. H. J. Wright and Co 1914-1918

FHW 1924

Field 1908-1914

Firefly 1965-1970

Firth 1910

Fleet 1905-08

Fleetwing Cycle Co 1906

FLM 1951-53

Fly 1903

Forward 1911-15

Francis A. Lycett and Co 1919

Francis-Barnett 1919-1966

Frank 1925

Frank Syers 1911~1919

Frays 1910-1911

Frazer-Nash 1923-29

Frisky Microcars 1957-1964

Frederick Joseph Hayslep 1919

Fruin 1957-1963

G

GAB 1919

Gaby 1914-1920

G&W 1902-1905 see Guy and Wheeler

Gainsborough 1903-06

Gamage 1903-1923

Garrard 1902-04

Garrard Sidecars 1926-1961

Gaunt 1969-1970

GB 1905-08

Glenn 1904

George Eliot 1904

Gerrard 1914-15

Gilbert G. Jones 1904-1912 see Jones

Girling 3-Wheeler, 1913

Glanfield Rudge 1928

Glencairn 1902-03

Glendale 1921-22

Globe 1901-05

Gloria 1932-33

GMCC 1902-03

GMS 1960s

GN Cyclecars, 1910-1925

Gnat c.1968~1978

Godden 1975~1980s

Goodwin 1901-02

Gordon Three-wheelers, 1954-58

Gordon-Simplex 1920s

Gough 1901

Gough, Arthur. 1920

Governor-Villiers 1914

Government 1914

Gradior Machine 1911

Graham 1903-04

Graham Sidecars 1925

Grandex 1909-1916

Graphic 1903-06

Great 1995-98

Graves 1913-1914

Green 1903

Green Engines, c.1910

Greeves 1950s-1970s

Greyhound 1904-06

GRI 1920-22

Griffon (London) 1903-06

Grigg 1920-25

Grindlay-Peerless 1923-34

Grindley 1922-1939

Grinnall 1991-2024

Grose-Spur 1916

GSC 1920

GSD 1922-23

Gus Kuhn 1968-1972

Guy and Wheeler 1902-1905

GWK 1920s

Gyroscopic 1912

GYS Cyclemotor 1949-1955

H

H&R 1923

Hack 1921-23

Haden 1905-1931

Hagon 1956~1990

Hagg Tandem 1920-22

Hailstones and Ravenhall see H and R

Hal 1911

Hamilton 1901-1907

Hammond 1902~1903

Hampton 1912-1914

Hannon and Smith see Clarendon

Hansan 1920~1922

Hanstock Engineering see HE

Harding 1920s-1970s

Harper 1954-56

Harper Runabout 1921-26

Harris Performance 1970s-2024

Harris Matchless and Triumph 1987-1993

Harry Martin Motorcycles 1911~1921

Haskard 1903-07

Hawker 1920-24

Haxel-JAP 1911-13

Hayes of London 1903

Hazel 1910-12

Hazlewood 1911-1924

HB 1910-1923

HCL 1922

HE 1935

Healey 1971-76

Heanes 1971-73

HEC 1923 (Hewins)

HEC Powercycle 1938-1940

Heighton 1904-05

Hejira 1980s

Heldun 1965-68

Henri Baldet 1957

Henley 1920-26

Hercules 1912~1960

Hertschmann c.1897

HJ 1920 see Howard and Johnson

HJH 1954-56

Hobart 1901-1923

Hockley 1914-1916

Holden 1896-1902

Holden, Kenneth 1925

Holloway c.1905

Holroyd 1922-24

Holt Sidecars 1912~1922

Holt 1957-58

Horace Ricketts & Co 1919

Hoskison 1919-1922

Hossack 1984-1988

Houldsworth 1895

Howard and Johnson HJ, c1920

Howecette (3w) 1968

HRD 1924-28

HSM 1913-15

H.T. 1922-24

Hubbard 1904-05

Hudson and Matthews 1924 (Tornado)

Hudson Spirit c.1988~1998

Hulbert-Bramley 1904-06

Humber 1902-1930

Hurley-Pugh 1904-1943

Hutfield-JAP c.1909

H. W. Clark of Coventry see Powerful

Hyde 1921

Hyde Harrier 1980-2024

I

Ilmore 1983-2007

Imp 1913-1914

Imperial 1901-1903

Imperial Cyclecars 1913

Imperial (PDC) 1902

Imperial Metro 1914-15

Imperial Swift 1904

Indian (UK) 1950-55

Indian Prince 1920-24

International Manufacturing Co. 1913-14 (Peerless)

Invacar 1940s-1950s

Invicta 1902-1906

Invicta Cycle Car 1912

Invicta of Coventry 1913~1923

Ireland 1913-14

Iris of London 1902-04

Iris Sidecars 1920s

Isetta of Brighton 1957-62

Ivel 1901-03

Ivy 1907-1934

Ixion by Primus 1902-04

Ixion of Birmingham 1910-1923

J

J. Marston, Ltd. 1902

Jackson & Kinnings see Ribble

Jackson R.L. 1919-1920

Jackson-Rotrax 1946~1976

Jaguar see Swallow Sidecars

James 1902-1966

James H Smith 1904

James Kirby 1902-1925

James Perkins 1903-04

James Roots 1892

JAP 1903~1964

JD 1922-26

Jehu 1901-05

Jenner-Minerva 1904

Jepson of Lancaster 1920s

Jepson, R. L., of Blackburn c1924

JES 1909-1924

Jesmo 1910-15

Jesmond 1899-1904

JH 1914-16

JMB 1933-35

JNU see Nickson

John Birch 1902-04

John L. Thomas 1902-03

John Marston Ltd 1914-1937 (Sunbeam)

John Morris and Sons 1913-22

John Warrick and Co 1911-1931

Johnson 1902, 1921

Johnson and Phillips 1907 and 1909

Jones 1904, 1936

Jones, Dennis 1942-1958

Joseph Barter 1906-07

Joseph Bourne and Sons 1904~1921

Joseph C. Wilson and Sons 1919

Joseph Day 1889-1920s

Joseph H. Thomas 1919

Joybike 1958-1960. See Powell Joybike

JP 1913

Juckes 1902-1925

Juno 1905-1924

Jupp 1921-25

K

KD 1907-09

Kelly 1921

Kempton 1921-22

Kenilworth 1919-1924

Kentish Wheel 1908

Kerry 1902, 1960s

Kestrel 1903, 1980

Kieft 1955-57

King 1901-1905

King's Own 1910

Kitto 1901-03

Kingsbury 1920s

Kirmer 1913-17

Knight 1894, 1914

Koh-i-Noor Engines 1920s

KRM 1973

Kuhn 1968-1972

Kumfurt 1914-16

Kyma 1903-04

Kynoch 1904-1913

Kyrle 1903

L

L&C 1904-1907

L&H 1923-1925

LAD Cyclecars 1919

Ladies' Pacer see K. Millard

Lagonda 1902-07

Lake and Elliot 1904

Large 1909

Lawson 1900-1901

Lawson Engineering 1976~1980

LCH 1951-1959

Lea-Francis 1912-1924

L.E.C. Cyclecars 1912

Leo Ripault and Co see KD

Leonard 1903-04

Leonard Gundle see LGC

Leopard Bobby c1953

Lethbridge 1923

Levis 1911-1940

LGC 1928-31, 1949

Liberty Engines 1913~1925

Lily 1914-15

Lincoln-Elk 1902-1925

Lindsay 1904-05

Lion 1900-04

Little Giant 1914

Lloyd (L.M.C.) 1907-1922

Lloyd, W.A. 1902-1903

Lloyd Thomas 1905 -1910

LM Cyclecars 1912

London Auto Co 1896-1906

London Machinists Co see Royal Sovereign

London and Midland Motors see Kingsbury

Lotus 2014

Low 1922

Lowen Sidecars 1907

LSD Cyclecars 1919-1924

Lucas 1952-65

Luckhust 1965~78

Lugton 1913-14

Luke Atkinson and Son see Glendale

Luxmore and Hubbard 1923-25

Lyle Precision 1912-13

Lynx see Elswick

M

M&M 1914

Mab 1909-1910

Mabon 1903-1908

Macbeth 1904-1913

Macklum 1920-22

Magneto Motor Manufacturers 1906-07

Majestic 1904-07

Majestic 1931-1935

Malone 1999~2004

Manning, William Ernest 1919

Maori 1914-19

March 1996-98

Marlow by Marloe 1920-21

Marlow, E.S. 1921-22

Mars (Finchley) 1904

Mars (Coventry) 1922

Marsh 1904-05

Martin, Harry 1911~1921

Martin-Comerford 1930-39

Martin-JAP 1929-1957

Martinshaw 1923-25

Martinsyde 1919-1923

Marvel-Jap 1909-1912

Mason and Brown 1904-06

Mass 1906~1912

Massey Motor Co 1923-29

Massey-Arran 1920-24

Matador 1923-27

Matchless 1899~1993

Max 1907-09

Maxim 1912~1922

May Brothers 1903-06

MB (Merrall-Brown) 1919-1921

MCC 1903-1910

McEvoy 1926-1929

McKechnie Motors 1921-22

McKenzie 1921-25

McWilliam 1902

Mead 1911-24

Mead & Tomkinson 1960s-70s

MEB, see Royal Ruby

Megelli 2007-2015

Melen 1912-26

Mercury 1956~58

Metro 1914-1916

Metro-Tyler 1919-1924

Metropolitan 1928

Midget Bicar 1905-09

Millard 1914-15

Miller 1968-1969

Million, Millionmobile see Strettons

Mills-Fulford 1899~1933

Minerva Motors 1900s

Mini-Motor 1949

Mitchell of Wisconsin 1902

Mitchell 50 1961

MMC 1898-1904

Mobil Pup 1920-21

Mohawk 1903-1925

Molnar 1997-2024

Molnar Manx 1994-2024

Monarch 1912~1921

Monard 1964-65

Monopole 1902~1927

Montgomery 1903-1940

Mori 1912

Morgan 1906-2024

Morris 1902-05

Morris, John, 1913-1922 - see John Morris and Sons

Morris-Warne 1922

Morton-Adam 1923-25

Morton & Weaver 1904-1930

Moto-Meriden 1970s

Motofrip 1911-12

Moto Roma 2005

Motorped 1919-1922

Motor Wheels, Ltd. 1902

Mountaineer 1902

Mountaineer 1920 (R.Wylde)

Moveo 1910-11

MPH 1921-22

MRD 1980s-1990s

Mumford 1971-1994

Murchie c.1904

Murphy 1913-14

Mutt 2016-2024

N

Nash 1919

Neal, Neal-Dalm 1910-1922

Neall 1910-1914

Neofold 1905-06

Ner-A-Car 1921-27

Neval 1980s-1990s

New Beeston 1896-1910

New Bowden 1902-03

New Century 1901~1909

New Comet 1905-1931

New Coulson 1923-24

New Courier (1898) see Chilton Brothers

New Courier (1922) see Olympic

New Crescent 1912

New Eagle 1901-05

New Era 1908~1924 (London & Liverpool)

New Gerrard 1922-1940

New Henley 1926-27

New Hotspur 1913-14

New Hudson 1909-1957

New Imperial 1901-1939

New Knight 1923-29

New and Mayne 1890s

New Paragon 1921-22

New Progress 1930-1932

New Rapid 1902-03

New Revolution - See Revolution

New Ryder 1914-19

New Scale 1906-1920

New Track 1970s

Newmount 1929-1933

Newton 1920-21

Nicholas 1902~1906

Nickson 1921-27

NLG 1908-1915

Nobel Microcars

Noble 1901-09

Noble-Precision 1912

Nomad c.1922

Norbreck 1920-22

Norman Engines 1919-1936

Norman 1937-1961

Norris & Baines 1902

North British Machine Company 1900s

Northumbrian 1920-21

Noxal Sidecars 1920s-30s

NSU (Great Britain)

NUT 1912-1933

NVT 1976-79

Nye 1910-12

O

Oakleigh 1910-1914

OEC 1901-1954

Ogston 1914

OK 1899-1926

OK-Supreme 1926-1940

Olivos 1920-21

Olympic 1902~1923

OMC 1930

Omega 1909 (Wolverhampton)

Omega 1914-1927 (Coventry)

Onaway 1905-08

Orbit 1913-1924

Orlestone c1902

Ormonde 1900-1904

Ortona 1905-06

Osborn 1901-09

Osborne 1908~11

Oscar 1953-54

Osmond Cycle Co 1902 and 1925

Ostler Mini-Auto c.1941

Orient 1902

Overdale 1921-22

Overseas Motor Co 1914-16

P

P&R 1901-03

P&S 1919-1921

Pacer 1914-15

Packman and Poppe (P&P) 1922-1930

Pallion 1905-1914

Panther P&M 1900-1965

Paragon 1914-1921

Paragon Sidecars see Win

Paramount-Duo see FEW

Parkinson 1960s

Parkyn see Olympic

Pashley 1949-1953

Patey Sidecars 1920

Patrick Engineering 1919-1922

Pax 1921-22

Payne and Bates 1900

PB 1903

PDC see Imperial (PDC)

PDM-Illston 1914

Peacock Engines 1903-05

Pearson-Cox 1912-14

Pearson and Sopwith (P. and S.) 1919 to 1921

Pearson-JAP 2012~

Pebok 1903-06

Peco 1914

Peel 1963-64

Peerless 1902-1908

Peerless 1913-14

Peerless Cyclecars 1913

Pell and Parker 1914

Pennington 1896-98

Percy John Abrahams 1919, see Abrahams

Perfect 1913-1914

Perks & Birch 1900-01

Perret 1962-69

Perry 1899-1913

Peter Hay 1921-22, see MPH

Peters 1920-25

Petty Weslake 1970s

Phasar see Quasar

Phelon & Moore 1904-1968

Phelon & Rayner (P&R) 1901-03

Phillips 1954-1964

Phoenix 1900~1928 (London)

Phoenix 1956-1964 (Tottenham)

Piatti (UK) 1956-58

Pick Motor Co 1905

Pilot 1904-1915

Pioneer 1912-14

Pitcher and Bartlett (PB) 1903

Planet 1919~1920

Plater (Forecarriages) 1903-06

PMC 1911-13

Portable Tool and Engineering Co (Duzmo) 1919-1924

Portland 1910~1920

Pouncy 1931-36

Powell 1920s

Powell Joybike 1958-1960

Powerdrive 1955-1960

Powerful 1903-1905

Power Pak 1950-56

Powerwheel 1951

Precision of Northhampton 1902-06

Precision 1912-19

Premier 1908-1916

Premo 1909

Prim 1906-07

Priest-JAP 1910

Primus 1902-03

Prince George Pre-WWI

Princeps 1902-05

Pringle 1908-09

Prior 1936-37

Priory 1920-24

Progress 1900-05

PTS 1899

Pullin 1920~1955

PV 1911-1924

Q

Quadrant 1901-1927

Quasar 1976-1981

QPod 2004-06

QUB 1970-75

R

R&H 1923

R&P see Robinson and Price

Radco 1913~1966

Radmill 1912-14

Raglan 1903-1915

Raleigh 1899~1933

Rambler 1939-1962

Ray 1920, London

Ray 1922-26, Nottingham

Raynal 1914~1951

Ready 1920-22

Read Brothers (Rebro) 1923-29

Redrup 1920-21

REG 1950s-60s

Regal 1912-15

Regent 1919-1920

Regina of Ilford 1902-1907

Regina of Lewisham 1906-07

Regina of Derby 1914~1916

Reliant 1935-2002

Remus 1920-22

Replicar 1985-87

Repton 1904

Revere 1919-1922

Revolution 1904-06

Rex 1900-1921

Rex-Acme 1922-1933

Rexette see Rex

Rex-Jap 1912-16

Reynolds Special 1931-34

Reynolds-Runabout (Jackson) 1919-1924

Reyre-Newson 1921

Richard Wylde 1920-24

Richards see Beau Ideal

Rickett 1858-1865

Rickman 1961-1976

Rider Troward and Co 1919

Rigo 1913-14

Riley 1899-1906

Rip 1906-07

Robin 1987

Robinson and Price 1902-06

Robson Sidecars 1921

ROC 1904-1914

Rockson 1920-23

Rodgers 1920-22

Rolfe 1912-13

Rollo 1911-13

Romney Frost 1920

Romp and Romper 1913-1920

Roper 1901-1905

Rotax Sidecars 1913~

Rotrax 1952-1960s

Roulette1911-14

Rover 1899~1927

Royal Ajax 1904-06

Royal Boscombe 1901-02

Royal Cavendish 1907

Royal Condor 1902-03

Royal Consort 1906

Royal Defiance 1901-04

Royal Eagle 1901-10

Royal George 1901-03

Royal Mail 1902-03

Royal Riley 1903-05

Royal Roebuck 1902-03

Royal Ruby 1911-1933

Royal Rydal 1903-04

Royal Scot 1922-24

Royal Sovereign 1903-04

Royal Wellington c1901

RTS 1982-1990

R. T. Shelley 1913~1926

RTX 1991-2001

Rudge Wedge 1902-04

Rudge-Whitworth 1911-1933

Rulex 1904

Runwell 1913-14

Russell of Derby 1911

Russon Microcars 1951-52

RW Scout 1920-1921

Rytecraft Scootacar 1930s

S

Safari 1950s

Saltley 1914-1925

Samson 1910-13

Samuel E. Prior 1919

Sandow c.1922

Sandham Sidecars, 1920s~1930s

Sapphire 1963-66

Saracen 1967-1975

Sarco-Reliance 1921-22

Saturn 1925-26

Saxelby 1923-24

Saxon 1989-1990

Scale 1906-1920

Scammell 1934-1968

Scamp 1968

Scoo-Ped see Elswick

Scootacar by Hunslet 1958-1964

Scootacar 1930s see Rytecraft

Scott 1901-1982

Scott Cyc-Auto, see Cyc-Auto

Scout 1904

Seal 1912-1924

Seeley 1966-1979

Service 1906-1913

SGM 1919 (St. George's)

SGS 1927-1931

Sgonina 1922-23

Shacklock 1914~1916

Sharratt 1920-1931

Shaw 1904-1922

Sheffield-Dunelt 1931-33

Sheffield-Henderson 1920-23

Sheffield Minor 1915

Sheppee Motor Co 1919-1926

Silk 1975-79

Silva 1920

Silver 1907-09

Silver Prince 1919-1924

Silver Queen, see Royal Ajax

Simms Manufacturing Co

Simplex 1902-1968 (Overview)

Simplex by Hobday 1906

Singer 1900-1915

Sirrah 1921-25

Skootamota 1919~1923

SL 1924

Slade-JAP 1921-22

Small Engines Co 1917-1923

Smith 1904

Smith Brothers 1912

Smith and Milroy 1901

Smith and Molesworth 1903-1920

Smith-Skaife 1913

SMS 1914

SOS by Vale-Onslow 1927-1939

South Hants 1903

Southey 1905-1922

SPA-JAP 1921-23

Spark 1903-04

Sparkbrook 1912-1924

Spartan 1920-21

Sparton 1975-1982

Speedwell 1899-1914

Speed King-JAP

Spirc c.1906

Spondon 1969~2010

Springfield 1921

Springwell 1920

Sprite 1964-74

Spur 1915~1920

Squire 1974-1988

Stafford Pup 1920-21

Staffordshire 1914

Stag 1912-14

Stainless c.1910

Stan 1921-22

Stanger 1919-23

Stanley 1902, 1932

Star Engineering Co 1902-1915

Star c.1919-1921

Steelhouse 1911

Stella 1960-63

Stellar 1912-13

Stevens 1897~1938

Stimson 1976-1980

Streamline Sidecars 1950s-60s

Strutter and Abrey 1913-14

Sudbrook 1919-1920

Summerfield 1980s-1990s

Sun 1911-1961

Sunbeam 1912-1965

Super Nero 1963

Superb Four 1920

Supremoco 1921-23

Surrey Sidecars 1950s

Sutherland 1957

Swallow London, 1903-05

Swallow Manchester, c1906

Swallow Sidecars 1922~1955

Swan 1912 (Cygnus)

Swan Electric 1909

Swift Motor Co 1899-1915

Syko 1991 -2024

T

TAC 1903

Talbot (Wolverhampton) 1903

Talbot (London) 1950~58

Tamplin Cyclecars 1919~1920

Tandon 1947-1955

Tatam 1955~1968

Taylor 1910-1911

Taylor and Hands 1913

T.B. Cyclecars 1919-1924

T. D. Cross and Sons (TDC) 1913-15

Teagle 1952-56

Templeton Brothers 1910-11

Tee-Bee see Templeton

TEJ 1922-23

Temple see OEC

Thomas 1902-04

Thomas Silver 1900s

Three-Spires see Coventry B&D

Thurlow 1920-21

Tickle 1969-1973

Tilston 1919-1920

Tinkler 1927-28

Tippen Delta 3-wheeler 1955-1976

Toboggan Tricar 1905

Tooley's Bi-Car c.1903 see Zenith

Tooth 1914

Toreador 1925-28

Torpedo 1908-1915

Townend 1901-04

Trafalgar 1902-1908

Trafford 1919-1922

Trebloc Manufacturing Co 1923-24

Tredagh 1900s (Ireland)

Trent and Co 1902-1905

Trevithick 1801

Triple-H 1922-23

Triplette 1922-23

Tri-Tech 1996-2004

Triumph 1902-2024

Trojan Trobike, 1960-65

Trump 1906-1923

Reynolds Tube Co

Turner Special 1927

Tyler Apparatus Co 1919-1924

Tyrus Cycle Co 1919-1924

U

Unibus 1920-1922

Union Engines 1918-1926

Unity Equipe 1978-1988

Untitled Motorcycles 2010-2024

V

V.A.L. 1913-1914

Vasco 1921-23

Vauxhall 1921-22

Velocette 1905-1971

Venture of Kent, c.1913

Venus 1920-22

Viaduct Motor Co 1920

Victa 1912-1913

Victor Martin 1932-39

Victoria 1902-1926

Villiers 1911-1966

Villiers-Strand 1914

Vimp 1954

Vin 1911-1912

Vinco 1903-05

Vindec 1914-1929

Vindec Special (VS) 1903-1914

Viper Motor Co 1919-1921

Vitesse see Sun

Vivid 1904

Volta 1920s

VP Sidecars 1940s & 50s

VTS see Joseph Day 1889

Vulcan 1922-24

W

W&G see Wright and Gasking

Waddington 1902-1906

Waddon 1981-82

Warrilow c.1906

WAG see Wright and Gasking

Wales Electric (W&E) 1951-1989

Wall 1903-1914

Wallace Batchelor 1904-06

Wallis 1925-1930

Wallis and James 1920-21

Walwin 1968~1975

Ward 1915-1916

Wardill and Sons 1924-27

Warne Cyclecars 1913

Warrick c1914~17

Warrior 1923-24

Wartnaby and Draper 1911-13

Warwick 1908-1910

Wasp Motorcycles 1964-2024

Wassell 1970-75

Watney see Watts

Watsonian 1912-2024

Waverley (Lee) 1910

Waverley (Birmingham) 1921

WD 1911-13 (Wartnaby and Draper)

Wearwell Motor Carriage Co 1901-04

Welbike 1942-45

Weatherell 1920-1923

Weaver 1923-25

Wee McGregor, see McKenzie

Welland B 1919-20

Weller 1902-04

Wenlock Motors 1912-13

Weslake 1972-c.1997

Westfield 1903-04

Westlake 1905-06

Westovian 1914-16

Wheatcroft 1924, see New Era

Whippet of Clapham Junction 1903-05

Whippet by Hayward 1920-21

White 1990-2024

White Heather 1903

White and Poppe 1902-1919

Whitley Manufacturing Co 1902-1929

W. H. Whitehouse and Co 1915~1922

Whitlock Frames 1960s

Whitmee Engineering (Alecto) 1919-1925

Whitwood see OEC

Wigan-Barlow 1921-22

Wilbee 1902-06

Wilcomoto 1981-83

Wilkin Motors 1920-21

Wilkinson-Antoine 1903-05

Wilkinson Sword 1908

Wilkinson 1939-1962

William Beardmore and Co 1920-25

Williams 1976-1998

Williamson 1912-1920

Wilson and Elford 1923-25

Wilson, J.C. 1919

Wilton 1910-12

Wincycle 1910~21

Winco 1920-22

Windle Sidecars

Windrush c.1910

Winn 1966

Winster-JAP 1927

Wirral 1902~06

Wizard Motor Co 1921-22

Wolf 1903-1940,

Wooler 1909-1955

Wray-Precision 1912

Wren 1924

W. R. Heighton 1903-05

Wright c.1913

Wright and Gasking 1923-25 (WAG)

Wulfruna see Wolf

W. Montgomery and Co 1905-1940

W. W. Bannister 1909-12 (Unecar)

Wynne 1919

XYZ

XL 1921-1923

XL-All 1902-1906

Xtra 1920s

Yelverton Union 1921

Young, E.G. 1904

Young 1919

Zenith 1904-1950

Zephyr 1921-1924

Zedel (UK) 1909

Zero / UMC

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