Baden Powell
The following advertisement appears in 1904 and 1905.
C. A. BLAKE,
CYCLE MAKER and MECHANICAL ENGINEER,
158 BRIDGE ROAD, RICHMOND.
The "Baden Powell" Motor-Cycles are unsurpassed for Workmanship and Material.
PRICE MODERATE.
Jewish Herald (Vic.) Fri 23 Sep 1904 (Trove)
In 1911, "Charles A. Blake operated a bike factory" at 181 Bridge Road, and a plaque the he building denotes this. Number 177 is the National Theatre, Richmond. Blake's motor engineering works was listed at a similar address in 1914, and appeared in Sands directory for 1913, 1918, 1920 and 1925. Sources: Trove, yarracity.vic.gov.au, peterbennetts.com.
Image courtesy Terry Parker of the VVMCSA.
Bailey
Bailey & Co., was active from 1903 to 1908
Universal CYCLE WORKS.
H. C. BAILEY, PROPRIETOR.
Bicycle Engineer, Enameller, and
Electroplater.
Cycles and Motors Built to Order
Repairs of every description neatly executed. Accessories in great variety
Address -
238 King William Street, South, ADELAIDE.
Quiz (Adelaide, SA : 1900 - 1909) Fri 16 Nov 1906
Balmain
T. Perryman of Richmond, Victoria produced a machine using a Precision engine, circa 1915.
Extensive searches in Trove and Google for further information proved fruitless.
Source: Saward via Simon Fleming
BAL-JAP
Balfour Motors, 155 Mercer Street Geelong, Vic. 1912-1918
The Balfour Bros. marketed motorcycles using JAP singles and twins which were possibly assembled by E.W. Brown.
A 1917 advertisement gives address of 45 & 47 Malop St, with no mention of BAL-JAP - but it does mention JAP motorcycles for sale, along with Triumph.
1919 advertisements give their name as Balfour's Motor Garage, located cnr Malop and Gheringhap Streets. Sole agents for B.A.L, Triumph, De-Luxe, Indian...
Sources: Trove NLA; Simon Fleming
Barb Vic.
Barclay
Saward records two Barclay marques, one in Adelaide and the other in Geelong, Victoria. No record of either has been found in Australian newspapers of the day.
Source: Trove NLA
Bartley & Perry
Established in Cootamundra in late 1909.
Source: The Catholic Press, Thu 6 Apr 1911. (Trove NLA)
Beauchamp Vic.
The Bell (W.A.)
According to OTTW, The Bell was built in Ravensthorpe, W.A, from 1905 to 1914. Their motorcycles were powered by 250cc JAP SV singles with belt drive transmission.
Sources: OTTW, Simon Fleming.
The Bell (S.A.)
Arthur Bell was a cycle builder at Woodside, and built 'The Bell' motorcycle. The ca. 1911 500cc JAP engine was likely supplied by Taylors, along with the Druid forks, Brooks seat and other components. The plate 3079 was issued to Edwin Neumann at Blumberg around 1914. The machine has survived.
Another Bell motorcycle is fitted with a 1913 Sarolea 500cc engine and Saxon sprung forks. It appears to be the same rider as above, Gus Menzel. Photo: Johannes O Gladigau of Harrogate.
Source: VCCSA
B & W by Bennett and Wood, 1937-38
Bilyard & King (Tas.) c.1924
Blue Bell by Wagener (S.A.)
Blue Bell H. Canet (Shepparton, Vic.)
Bolt-On Sidecars
3 Beaumont St, Islington NSW, 1985.
Bolwell-PGO
A firm based in Melrose Park, Adelaide, imported Taiwanese PGO scooters which they rebadged. The first appeared in 1999, the last in 2015. There were numerous models.
The company is now known as Symaustralia and has sold some 40,000 scooters. scoota.com.au
Unrelated to Bolwell Cars of Mordialoc, Victoria (bolwell.com).
Source: Red Book Australia, et al
Bon Trike
Manufactured by Bon Trikes Special Vehicles Pty Ltd, 76 Sunnyholt Road, Blacktown, NSW, 1996 to 2005.
Powered by engines of up to 2000cc from Volkswagen and Harley-Davidson, the trike was assembled using imported componnents from a variety of sources.
Sources: trikesaustralia.com, et al
Bonning Roadster
A concept three-wheeler built by Brad Bonning of Noosa, Qld in 2001-2005 designed to run on an Eco Nova multi-fuel engine, but was fitted with a Honda CBR1000 engine running on petrol or LPG and achieves 200 km/h quite rapidly. Considerable attention was paid to styling.
Braaap
Bradley Smith, a former motocross rider, established his first motorcycle shop in Launceston, Tasmania in 2005. He expanded the network to 4 shops by 2008, including one in Frankston Victoria. The last of these was closed in 2018. The Braap machines are manufactured in China.
Website: braaapmotorcycles.com
Brandwood (Adelaide & Launceston)
Brooklands
Raced with frequent success in 1913-1914 by Eric Tyler, the Brooklands-Green was built in the workshops of Edmunds and Skilton, 419 Lonsdale St, Melbourne. (Also 433 Bourke St.)
The engine was a 499cc watercooled Green-Precision.
Sources: Trove; Leon Mitchel in Serpolette
N.B. There was a Brookands motorcycle built in 1912 in the UK by Edmunds and Wadden.
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