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Pages in category "Defunct motorcycle manufacturers of the United Kingdom" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total.
London Motorcycle Museum displayed a range of over 150 classic and British motorcycles. It closed in October 2019, partly due to inability to meet the running costs. [1] [2] A charitable trust, it opened in May 1999 at Oldfield Lane South, Greenford, Ealing. [3] It displayed a range of over 150 classic and British motorcycles.
The British Motorcycle Charitable Trust owns a collection of rare British motorcycles which are on long term loan to various affiliated museums, including a 1911 BSA 3.5 HP, a Scott Flying Squirrel, a 1923 Beardmore Precision and a 1937 Brough Superior SS80.
Osborn Engineering Company was a British manufacturer of motorcycles, which sold its machines under the OEC brand name.. OEC motorcycle on display at the Milestones Museum. The Osborn Engineering Company and its predecessor companies were founded by Frederick John Osborn, trading in partnership with W.T. Lord until 1906 with works in Shepherd's Bush, then as Osborn & Co Ltd, and later as ...
Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) was formed in 1938, as a parent company for Matchless and AJS motorcycles. AMC later (postwar) absorbed Francis-Barnett, James, and Norton.In 1941 Matchless motorcycles introduced telescopic front forks called "Teledraulic" forks, considered by some to be the first major innovation in British front suspension in 25 years.
New Imperial was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by Norman Downes in Birmingham, between 1887 and 1901, and became New Imperial Motors Ltd in 1912, when serious production commenced. New Imperial made innovative motorcycles that employed unit construction and sprung heel frames long before they became commonplace, and were moderately ...
ABC motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer established in 1914 by Ronald Charteris in London. Several British motorcycle firms started up with the name "ABC", including Sopwith . The All British Engine Company Ltd. of London was founded in 1912 and later changed to ABC Motors Ltd. [ 1 ] With chief engineer Granville Bradshaw ...
Chater-Lea was a British bicycle, car and motorcycle maker with a purpose-built five-storey factory in Banner Street, EC1, in the City of London (now converted into flats) and, from 1928, premises at Letchworth, Hertfordshire. It was founded by William Chater-Lea in 1890 to make bicycle frames and components.