Australian Motorcycles

King Motorcycles, Melbourne

A light four-stroke advertised for £35 with the slogan "The King is the Monarch of All" in 1911.

Melbourne Motor Transit & Touring Co., of 115 Elizabeth St Melbourne is listed as the sole distributor.

A similar advertisement to that pictured gives different details:

    "C. J. HALL, 107-109 Queen's Bridge St., South Melbourne
    Three Minutes from Flinders Street
    TELEPHONE 4917."

The 1913 image is captioned "A. Mephan, on his 4 h.p. The King, winner of the one Mile Track Race and Five Miles Handicap, who also secured the prize for the One Mile Track Record, at the Auckland Motor Cycling Club's sports."


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