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The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham), England. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles were owned by North American financiers. The business was founded in 1898 as a "fittings and parts for ...
Auto Trader was founded by John Madejski, [2] [3] Paul Gibbons and Peter Taylor as Thames Valley Trader in 1977. [4] It was rebranded Auto Trader in 1988. The first title was followed by the publication of a second one, Southern Auto Trader. [5] The company launched a website, Autotrader.co.uk, in 1996, giving people the ability to buy or sell ...
Website. www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk. Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest UK-owned motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership. [2] The new company, initially called Bonneville Coventry Ltd, continued Triumph's lineage of motorcycle production since 1902.
B. Baughan. Siegfried Bettmann. Birmingham Small Arms Company. Blackburne (motorcycles) Bown Manufacturing Company. Bradbury Motor Cycles. Broom Development Engineering. Brough Superior.
The old Dot Motorcycle Works, Ellesmere Street, Castlefield, Manchester. The Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company was established by Harry Reed in Salford, Lancashire, a city near Manchester, England, in 1903. By 1906 they had built their first motorcycle, using a Peugeot engine.
Website. www.ccm-motorcycles.com. Alternate Logo. CCM R45 (2007 NEC Show) Clews Competition Machines (CCM) is a British motorcycle manufacturer based in Bolton, England. CCM was founded in 1971 by Alan Clews and gained notability for producing specialised BSA powered motocross machines. [1] The company has produced a variety of motorcycle ...
Motorcycles. Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by the Collier brothers as a parent company for the Matchless and AJS motorcycle companies. It later absorbed Francis-Barnett, James, and Norton before incorporation into Norton-Villiers. Henry Herbert Collier founded Matchless as a cycle company in 1878.
Excelsior Motor Company. 1927 Excelsior. 1950 Excelsior Universal 125cc. Excelsior, based in Coventry, was a British bicycle, motorcycle and car maker. They were Britain ’s first motorcycle manufacturer, starting production of their own ‘motor-bicycle’ in 1896. Initially they had premises at Lower Ford Street, Coventry, and 287-295 Stoney ...