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Rex’s tricar was popular between 1903 and 1906 Rex and Rex Acme 1900-33 UK Modern history books tell us Rex […]

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1920 10hp Reading Standard – with electric lights! Ravat 1900 (1898)-1954 France Established business whose enterprises included cycles from Usines […]

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The new-for-1911 budget Premier 246cc sidevalve Premier 1908-1915/1933 UK, Germany and Czechoslovakia As Hillman, Herbert and Cooper, the forebears of […]

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Vespa was launched onto a transport-starved Italian market in 1946 Piaggio 1945-present Italy Rapidly became, first, a national then world […]

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Late Fifties Peugeot moped Peugeot 1899-Present France Today a renowned car and commercial vehicle maker, and also leaders in the […]

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Parilla 250cc ohc single, influenced by British design Parilla 1946-67 Italy Of Spanish parents, Giovanni Parilla was born in 1912 […]

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1901 Astor-powered Orient single Olmo 1951-c1961 Italy Production began using Mosquito clip-on units mounted under the pedal crank of suitable […]

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The early Zedel-engined NSU with the inclined engine suspended from frame tube NSU 1900-1965 Germany Heinrich Stoll and Christian Schmidt […]

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New Imperial 146cc Unit Minor New Imperial 1901-03 and 1911-39 UK Myths, myths and even more myths form part of […]

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Road going MV Agusta 750S MV Agusta 1945-77 (1981), 1997 – Italy Record books, encyclopaedias and race marque enthusiasts tell […]

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