Anyone know what this bike is?

[Conquiztador]

A friend has this photo of her relative in the 1920's riding a bike. But she has no idea what the bike is. Nor do I

Anyone on here able to help? Bling offered as reward...

[MSTRS:Me]

Looks English, for some reason I can't put my finger on. Remarkably similar to this James...

[jasonu]

GN250

[Laava]

I suspect it is one of these!


British Motorcycle Manufacturers


A
A. Barnett see Invicta
A and A Autocarrier
Abbotsford
ABC
Aberdale
Abingdon
ABJ
Abrahams
ABW
Ackland
Acme
Addison
Advance
AEB
AEC
AEL
Aeolus
AER
AGA
Airolite
Ajax
AJR
AJS
AJW
AKD
Akkens
Alecto
Alert All Speed Gear Syndicate
Allard
Alldays
Allen
Allon - see Alldays
ALP
Alpha
Alta
Alvis
Alwin
Ambassador
AMC
Andrews
Anglian
Ansel
Antelope
Antig
Aolus
Arab
Arden
Argson Engineering Co
Argyle
Ariel
Armis
Armstrong
Armstrong 1902
Arno
Arrow Ascot
Ascot-Pullin
Ashburn
Ashford
ASL
ASP
Aster
Aston
Atlanta-Duo
Atlas
Atomette
Aurora IoM
Aurora (Coventry)
Austen
Auto Repairs Co
Auto Sidecar
Auto Wheel
Autoglider
Autoped
Autosco
Auxiliary Wheel Sidecar
Avon
Avondale
Avonvale
Avro Motorcycles
AWJ
Ayres-Hayman



B
B&B
B&H
BAC
Baddeley
Baines
Baker
Bamber
Banshee
Bantamoto
Barber
Bard
Bard-JAP
Bargate
Barnes
Barnsley
Barnson
Baron
Barr & Stroud
Barron
Barry
Barter
Barton Engineering
Basil
BAT Motor Company
BAT-Martinsyde
Baughan
Bayliss-Thomas
Beale
Beardmore Precision
Beau-Ideal
Beaufort
Beaumont
Beeston Cycle Company
Belvedere
Bentinck
Bentley
Bernon-Morelle Bert Houlding and Sons
Berwick
Bewley
Bikotor
Bindy
Binks
Binz
Birch
Birmingham Motor...
Black Prince
Blackborough
Blackburne
Blackford
Blenheim-JAP
Blizzard
Bluebird
Blumfield
Bond
Bond and Cooper
Booth
Booth Brothers
Bord
Borham
Bounds-JAP
Bowden
Bown
Boyd Motors
BP Scooters
Bradbury Brothers see Corydon
Bradbury
A. E. Bradford
Bradshaw
Braithwaite
Bransom, Kent and Co
Bright and Hayles Britax
British Anzani Engine Co
British Challenge
British Cycle Manufacturing Co
British Motor Syndicate
British Radial Engine Co
British Roadless
British Salmson Aero Engines
British Standard
Brixton Motor Works
Brockhouse Engineering
Broler Motors
Brooks, Tasler and Cox
Brough
W. P. Brough see Marsh
Brough Superior
Brown
Brown and Layfield
Brown and Roper
Brown-Bicar
BSA
Buckley
Buckman Engineering
Bulldog
Burford
Burney
Burney and Blackburne
Butler
Butler 1963-1966
Butterfield Brothers
Butterfields




C
Caesar
Cairn
Cairns-Mocyc
Calcott
Calthorpe
Calvert
Camber
Cambro
Campion
Cap 'em
Carfield
Carlton
Carter
Casswell
Castell
Caswell
Cayenne
CC
CCM
Cedos Motors
Celeripede
Centaur
Century
Challenge Cycle Co
Challenge Cycle and Motor Co
Challenge Motor Co
Chambers Engineering
Chandler
Chariot
Charlton
Chase
Chater-Lea
Chatfield
Cheetah Chell
Cheney
Christie
City
Clarendon
Clark
Clement
Clement-Garrard
Cleveland
Clifton and De Guerin
Clyde
Clyno
CMC
CMM
Colcham
Colonial
Comerford
Comery Motors
Comet
Comet (Yorkshire)
Commander
Competition Classics
Condor
Connaught
Consul
Contrast-JAP
Cope
Corah
Corgi
Corona
Corona-Junior
Corydon
Cotton
Coulson
Coventry Coventry-B&D
Coventry-Challenge
Coventry-Eagle
Coventry-Star
Coventry-Victor
Coventry Emblem
Coventry Ensign
Coventry Mascot
Coventry Motette
Coventry Motor Co
Coventry Premier
Coxeter
Craig
Crastin Motor Quadricycle
Craven
Crescent
Crest
Croft Cameron
Crownfield
Crypto Cycle Co
Crypto Works Co
CTS
Cub
Curry
Curtis
Cyc-Auto
Cycle Components
Cykelaid
Cyclaid
Cyclemaster
Cygnet
Cygnus
Cymota



D
Dalesman
Dalm
Dalton
Dane
Dart 1901
Dart
Davis
Davis Brothers
Davison
DAW
Day-Leeds 1912-14
Dayton
De Havilland
De Luxe
Defy-All
Delta
Dene Dennis
Dennell
Derby
Dispatch Rider
Detachable
Diamond
Dickinson
Difazio
DKR
DMB
DMW
Donaldson and Kelso
Dorman Engineering Co
DOT 1903-1973
Douglas
Downer-Groves
Dreadnought 1902 Dreadnought 1915
Dreng
Dreng and Co
Dresda
Dula
Dunedin
Dunelt
Dunford and Elliott
Dunkley
Dunstall
Dursley Pedersen
Dux
Duzmo
Dyson-Motorette



E
Eadie
Eagle
Eagle-Tandem
EBO-Leicester
Eclipse
Economic
Economic Motors
Eddington
Edlin
Edmond
Edmonton
Edmund
Eland
Elgin
Elf Elf-King 1907-09
Elfson
Eli
Elk
Elleman
Elmdon
Ellison
Elliston and Fell
Elstar
Elswick Cycle Co
Elswick-Hopper
Embro
EMC
Emerald
Empire Empress
Endrick
Endurance
Energette
Erskine-JAP
ETA
Evart-Hall
Ever Upright
Exactweld
Excel Co
Excelsior
Eyme



F
Faceler
Fagan (Ireland)
Fairfield
Fairy
Farnell
FB
FB-AJS
Featherstone
Federal
Federation
Fee
Felix FEW
Few-Paramount
F. H. J. Wright and Co
FHW
Field
Firefly
Firth
Fleet
Fleetwing Cycle Co
FLM
Fly
Force Forfield
Forward
Francis A. Lycett and Co
Francis-Barnett
Frank
Frank Syers
Frays
Frederick Joseph Hayslep
Fruin
Fuller



G
G&W
Gaby
Gadabout
Gainsborough
Gamage
Ganarew
Gaunt
GB
Genn
George Eliot
Gerrard
Gilbert E. Jones
Givaudan
Glanfield Rudge
Glencairn
Glendale
Globe Gloria
Gloria (2)
GMMC
Godden
Godiva
Goodwin
Gordon-Simplex
Gough 1901
Gough 1920
Governer-Villiers
Government
Gradior Machine
Graham
Grandex
Graphic
Great
Graves
Green 1903 Green 1909
Green 1919
Greeves
Greyhound
GRI
Griffon
Grigg
Grindlay-Peerless
Grindley
Grose-Spur
GSC
GSD
Gus Kuhn
Gyroscopic
GYS Cyclemotor



H
H&R
Hack
Haden
Hagon
Hagg Tandem
Hal
Haleson
Hamilton
Hammond
Hampton
Hansa
Hansan
Harper
Harris
Harwood
Haskard
Hawker
Haxel-JAP
Hayden
Hazel
Hazlewood
HB
HCL HE
HEC 1923
HEC 1938
Healey
Heanes
HEC
Heighton
Hejira
Heldun
Hemmings
Henley
Hercules
Herner
Hesketh
Hewetson
Hillman
Hillsdon
HJ 1920-2
HJH
Hobart
Hockley
Holden
Holloway Holroyd
Holt
Hooper
Hopper
Horace Ricketts & Co
Horley
Hoskison
Hossack
Houldsworth
Howard
Howard and Johnson
Howarth
HRD
HSM
Hubbard
Hudlass
Hudson and Matthews
Hulbert-Bramley
Humber
Hutfield JAP
Hunter
Hyde (1921)
Hyde (1980 onwards)



I
Imp
Imperial 1901-1903
Imperial 1902
Imperial 1914-1915
Imperial Metro Imperial Swift
Indian
Indian Prince
Inglesent
Invicta Ireland
Iris
Ivel
Ivy
Ixion



J
Jackson 1902
Jackson 1919
Jackson-Rotrax
Jaguar
James
James Roots
JAP
JD JEHU
Jenner-Minerva
JES
Jesmo
Jesmond
JH
JNU
Johnson Jones
Joseph H. Thomas
Joybike
JP
Juckes
Juno
Jupp



K
K. Millard and Co
KD
Kelly
Kempton
Kenilworth
Kentish Wheel
Kerry Kestrel
Kieft
King
King's Own
Kingsland
Kingsbury
Kingsway Kirk and Merifield
Kirmer
KRM
Kumfurt
Kyma
Kynoch
Kyrle



L
L&C
L&H
Ladies' Pacer
Lagonda
Lake and Elliot
Lamaudiere
Lancer
Large
Lawson 1900-1901
Lawson Co
Le Vack Lea-Francis
Leecham
Leonard
Lethbridge
Levis
LGC
Lightning
Lily
Lincoln-Elk
Lindsay
Little Giant Livingstone
Lloyd (L.M.C.)
Lloyd 1902-1903
Lloyd Thomas
Lombard
London
London Auto Co
Lucas
Luckhust
Lugton
Lyle Precision



M
M&M
Mab
Mabon
Macbeth
Macklum
Majestic
Maori
Manning, William Ernest
Manxman
March
Marloe
Marlow
Mars 1904
Mars 1922
Marseel
Marsh
Marshall
Martin
Martin-Comerford
Martin-JAP
Martinshaw
Martinsyde
Marvel-Jap
Mason and Brown
Massey Motor Co
Massey-Arran Matador
Matchless
Maxim
Max
May Brothers
MCC
McEvoy
McKechnie Motors
McKenzie
Mead
Melen
Mercury
Metro
Metro-Tyler
Metropolitan
Midget Bicar
Miller
Millionmobile
Mills-Fulford
Minerva Motors
Mini-Motor
Mitchell
MMC
Mobil Pup
Molnar
Mohawk Monard
Monarch
Monopole
Montgomery
Moonbeam
Mori
Morgan
Morris
Morris-Warne
Morrison
Morton-Adam
Moto Reve
Moto-Meriden
Motofrip
Motorped
Mountaineer 1902
Mountaineer 1920
Moveo
MPH
MRD
Munroe
Murphy



N
Nash
ND
Neal
Neal-Dalm
Neofold
Ner-A-Car
Nestor
New Bowden 1902-03
New Century
New Comet
New Coulson
New Courier
New Crescent
New Era 1908
New Era 1920
New Gerrard New Henley
New Hudson
New Imperial
New Knight
New Paragon
New Progress
New Ryder
New Scale
New Track
Newman
Newmount
Newton
Nicholas
Nickson
NLG
Noble Noble-Precision
Nomad
Norbreck
Norcroft
Norfolk
Norman
Northumbrian
Norton
Norvil
Noxal
NSU (Great Britain)
NUT
NVT
Nye



O
Oakleigh
OEC
Ogston
OK
OK-Supreme
Olivos
Olympic
OMC Omega 1909
Omega 1914
Onaway
Orbit
Orlestone
Ormonde
Ortona
Osborne Oscar
Osmond Cycle Co
Overdale
Overseas



P
P&R
P&S
Pacer
Packman and Poppe (P&P)
Pallion
Panther P&M
Paragon
Paramount-DVO
Parkyn
Pashley
Pax
PB
PDC
PDM-Illston
Pearson
Pearson-Cox
Pearson and Sopwith
Pebok
Peco
Peerless
Pell and Parker Pen Nib
Pennington
Perfect
Perks & Birch
Perret
Peters
Phasar
Phelon & Moore
Phillips
Phoenix 1900
Phoenix
Piatti
Pick Motor Co
Pilot
Planet
PMC
Portland
Pouncy
Powell
Powerful
Power Pak Powerwheel
P&P
Precision
Premier
Premo
Prim
Pride & Clarke
Priest-JAP
Primus
Prince George
Princeps
Pringle
Prior
Priory
Progress 1900
Progress 1957
P&S
Pullin
Pullin-Groom
PV



Q
Quadrant Quasar QUB



R
R&H
Radco
Radmill
Raglan 1903
Raglan 1909
Rainbow
Raleigh
Rambler
Randall
Ray 1920
Rav 1922
Raybeck
Raynal
Reading
Ready
Rebro
Red Arno
Redrup
Referee
Regal
Regent
Regina 1906
Regina 1914
Reliance
Remus
Revere
Revolution
Rex
Rex-Acme Rex-Jap
Reynolds 1931
Reynolds 1955
Reynolds-Runabout
Reynolds Special
Reyre-Newson
Ribble
Ricardo
Richards
Rickman
Rider Troward and Co
Rigo
Riley
Rip
Rising Sun Motor Works
Roadstar
Robin
Robinson and Price
ROC
Rockson
Rodgers
Rolfe
Rolfe-Goode
Romney Frost
Romp and Romper
Roper
Rothwell
Roulette
Rover Royal Ajax
Royal Boscombe
Royal Cavendish
Royal Consort
Royal Defiance
Royal Eagle
Royal Enfield
Royal George
Royal Mail
Royal Ruby
Royal Roebuck
Royal Rydal
Royal Scot
Royal Sovereign
Royal Wellington
R&P
RTS
RTX
Rudge Wedge
Rudge-Whitworth
Ruffells
Rulex
Runbaken
Runwell
Rushworth
Russell (1911)
Russell (1913)
RW Scout



S
Sackville
Saltley
Samson
Samuel E. Prior
Sandow
Santler
Sapphire
Saracen
Sarco-Reliance
Saturn
Saxessons
Saxelby
Saxon
Scale
Scamp
Scarlet
Scitsu
Scorpion
Scott
Scott-Cyc-Auto
Scout
Scrivener
Seal
Seeley
Service
Sharratt
SGM
SGS
Shacklock
Sharratt
Shaw
Sheffield-Henderson
Silk
Silva
Silver Silver Prince
Simms
Simplex
Simplex 1906
Simplex 1919
Sinclair
Singer
Sirrah
Skootamota
SL
Slade-JAP
Slaney
Slinger
Smith
Smith Brothers
Smith and Milroy
Smith and Molesworth
Smith-Skaife
SMS
SOS
South Hants
Southern Cross
Southey
SPA-JAP
Spagthorpe
Spark
Sparkbrook
Sparton
Speedwell
Speed King-JAP
Spirc
Spondon
Springfield
Springwell
Sprite Spur
Stafford
Stafford Pup
Staffordshire
Stag
Stan
Stanger
Stanley
Star Engineering Co
Star c.1919-1921
Starley
Steelhouse
Stellar
Stevens
Straker
Strettons
Strutter and Abrey
Stuart Turner and Co
Sturmey-Archer
Sudbrook
Summerfield
Sun
Sunbeam
Super Nero
Superb Four
Superb
Supremoco
Swallow 1903
Swallow Sidecars
Swan 1912
Swan Electric 1909
Swift Motor Co
Swindon
Symplex



T
TAC
Tailwind
Talbot 1903
Talbot c1950
Tandon
Tatam
Tavener
Taylor
Taylor and Hands
Teagle
Templeton Brothers
TDC
Tee-Bee
TEJ
Temple
Thomas Thomas Silver
Thorough
Three-Spires
Tickle
Tilston
Tinkler
Toboggan Tricar
Tonkin
Tooley's Bi-Car
Tooth
Toreador
Torpedo
Townend
Trafalgar
Trafford
Trebloc Manufacturing Co Trent and Co
Tribsa
Triple-H
Triplette
Triton
Triumph
Trobike
Trojan
Trump
Turner By-Van
Turner Special
Tusroke
Tyler Apparatus Co
Tyrus Cycle Co



U
Umberslade Hall
Unecar Unibus



V
Val
Vasco
Vauxhall
Velocette
Venus
Verus
Viaduct Motor Co
Victa Victor Martin
Victoria
Villiers
Villiers-Strand
Vin
Vincent
Vinco
Vindec Vindec Special (VS)
Viper Motor Co
Viscount
Vitesse
Vivid
Voyager
Vulcan



W
Wabo
Waddington
Waddon
Wag
Wakefield
Wall
Wallace Batchelor
Wallis
Wallis and James
Walwin
Ward
Wardill and Sons
Warland
Warrior
Warwick
Warwick 1908
Wasp Motorcycles
Wassell
Watney
Watson
Watsonian
Watts
Waverley 1910
Waverley 1921
WD
Wearwell
Weatherell Weatherwell
Weaver
Wee McGregor
Wellan
Welland B
Weller
Weller Brothers
Wenlock Motors
Werner Motors
Weslake
Westfield
Westfields Autobike
Westovian
W&G
Westlake
Wheatcroft
Whippet 1903
Whippet 1920
Whirlwind
White Heather
White and Poppe
Whiteley Motor Co
Whitley Manufacturing Co
Whitwood
Whitworth
Wigan-Barlow Wilbee
Wilkin Motors
Wilkinson-Antoine
Wilkinson 1908
Wilkinson 1939
Williams
Williamson
Willow
Wilson and Elford
Wilson JC
Wilton
Win
Winco
Windrush
Winn
Winster-JAP
Wirral
Witall
Wizard
Wolf
Wooler
Wray-Precision
Wren
Wright (Motorcycles)
Wright and Gasking
Wulfram
Wynne



XYZ
XL 1921-23
XL-All
Yelverton Union Young 1904
Young 1919 Zenith
Zephyr

[DEATH_INC.]

Looks English, for some reason I can't put my finger on. Remarkably similar to this James...
[IMG] oops...better remove the picture or I'll get infracted for being a naughty little boy...

The front suspension is wrong. The Velocette had the right front suspension, but not the r/h side long shifter. The ajs had the suspension too, but without the shifter. I couldn't figure it out either....

[cheshirecat]

Wont be a velocette as long as the muffler bearings can be changed and its got a silver powerband

[MyGSXF:Me]

Great pic.... back tyre could use a little air though....

[Banditbandit]

I suspect it is one of these!


British Motorcycle Manufacturers


A
A. Barnett see Invicta
A and A Autocarrier

Yeah ... maybe ..

The exhaust pipe suggested to me a European manufacturer ... British pipes tended to be a little classier than that ...

Do we know if that picture was taken in New Zealand? The rider looks liek she is wearing a nursing-type uniform .. do we know what this is? Can you give us a better close up of the tank logo?

[Paul in NZ]

I have no idea.... Great picture though.

[Conquiztador]

Yeah ... maybe ..

The exhaust pipe suggested to me a European manufacturer ... British pipes tended to be a little classier than that ...

Do we know if that picture was taken in New Zealand? The rider looks liek she is wearing a nursing-type uniform .. do we know what this is? Can you give us a better close up of the tank logo?

I see what I can do re logo. This picture is taken in Europe. Probably in Scandinavia (Finland or Sweden) in the 1920's.

[MSTRS:Me]

I see what I can do re logo. This picture is taken in Europe. Probably in Scandinavia (Finland or Sweden) in the 1920's.

In which case the bike is almost certainly a DKW...
Always thought that stood for Don't Know What - and it sure fits in this case!!