Motorbikes
Ozplane, is this really helping the thread?
The reality appears to be that the British motorcycle industry almost completely died out, but thankfully one firm managed to resurect itself in recent times and has become moderately successful.
Personally I think comparing the Bristish motor industry to the aviation industry isn’t a good idea anyway.
I think it’s a good comparison, we had to many bike manufacturers as we had to
many aircraft companys, how many of these were still making bikes in the sixtys,
a lot as I rode most of them:D
United KingdomAJW — (1928–1977)
Ambassador — (1946–1964)
AMC — (1938–1966)
Ariel — (1902–1970)
Armstrong — (1980–1987)
Beardmore Precision — (1921–1924)
Blackburne — (1913–1921)
Brough — (1908–1926)[13]
Brough Superior³ — (1919–1940)
BSA — (1905–1973)
Calthorpe —
Clarendon —
Clyno — (1908–1923)
Cotton —
Coventry-Eagle —
DOT —
Douglas — (1907–1957)
EMC — (1946–1977)
Excelsior (Coventry) — (1896–1965)
Greeves —
Haden —
Hesketh — (1982–1984)
Francis-Barnett — (1919–1966)
HRD² —
Ivy — (1907–1934)
James —
JAP —
Levis — (1911–1939)
Martinsyde — (1908–1923)
Matchless — (1899-
Ner-a Car — (1921–1927)
New Hudson —
New Imperial — (1901–1939)
Norman —
Norton (reformed in 2008) — (1902- )[14]
OK-Supreme — (1882–1940)
OEC — (1901–1954)
Palmelli —
Panther —
Quadrant — (1901–1928)
Quasar — (1977–1985)
Raleigh — (1899–1967)
Redrup Radial — (1919–1922)
Rickman — (1960–1975)
Royal Enfield — production continues in India
Rudge-Whitworth —
Scott —
Singer —
Sprite —
Spryt —
Stevens — (1934–1938)
Sun — (1911–1961)
Sunbeam —
Triumph Engineering Ltd (reformed in the 1980s and now still made) — (1902- )[6]
Velocette — (1904–1968)
Villiers —
Vincent HRD — (1928- )[15]
Vincent —[15]
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