Initially named Hoskison Manufacturing Co of Digbeth, Birmingham, before changing to Hoskison Motors of Lozell's Road, Birmingham, the company produced motorcycles from 1919 to 1922.
1920 Throughout that year the company kept to their one-model strategy.
1921 The firm changed direction and their name and were now based in Lozell's Road, as Hoskison Motors. They dropped the two-stroke altogether and replaced it with two models with Blackburne side-valve engines of 348cc and 499cc. Both had two-speed Burman gearboxes, belt final-drive and B and B carburettor. There was a sidecar version of the solo and so a wide range of prospective purchasers was covered by a minimum of models.
1922 By the spring of that year the marque was no longer listed.
Wide dome guards, a spring seat-pillar, and a Best and Lloyd mechanical pump are features of this Hoskison Show model.
Hoskison. (Stand 51.)
4 h.p. Blackburne; 85x88 mm. (499 c.c.); single-cylinder four-stroke; side-by-side valves; mechanical lubrication; B. and B. carburetter; chain-driven magneto; three-speed sliding dog gear; chain and belt drive; 26x2¼ in. tyres.
The Hoskison Motors, Ltd., 72, Lozells Road, Birmingham.
Particular attention has been paid by this firm to the subject of mudguards, as all three types are provided with guards which are more than usually wide, the result being that the engine and frame should keep remarkably clean if the machine is used in winter or during bad weather. A wedge-shaped tank, viewed from the side, gives this machine an unusually rakish outline. One model has a 4 h.p. Blackburne engine with the usual outside fly-wheel and a detachable head held down by long bolts, but with a plunger pump to circulate oil through a sight feed lubricator; the drive is by chain to the gear box, and by belt to the rear wheel.
The tank is of a new shape and larger than hitherto. On a 2¾ h.p. model, also with a Blackburne engine, disc wheels are fitted, and advantage has been taken of this fact to arrange a V rim for the front wheel brake, so that the shoes for the front and rear wheel brakes are practically the same in size, and therefore the retarding effect is uniform. For the better comfort of the rider, the seat is held, not on the usual pillar, but on a Flexa vertical leaf spring, additional coil springs being introduced between the side of the frame to which this leaf spring is attached. A second 2¾ h.p. model is of sporting type as regards general design, and is shown with footrests instead of the footboards of the previous machine. A Union engined two-stroke also forms a part of the exhibit and is on conventional lines, except for the seat-pillar and mudguard, which are of the same pattern as those used for the larger model. Sectioned gear boxes are shown on the stand, so that the operation of the clutch, the dogs which alter the gear ratio, and the kick starter may be studied.
Olympia Show, 1920
The Motor Cycle, December 2nd, 1920. Page 724
Sources: Graces Guide; The Motor Cycle.
Note.
An advertisement appeared with the marque's name incorrectly spelled in The Motorcycle of 1922 which reads:
"2 ¾ h.p. Hoskinson-Blackburne Sporting Combination,
4 1920, lamps, speedometer, horn, tax paid, insured, any trial; real bargain, £75. Gwennap, Stafford."
