200-300 OF VETERAN MOTORCYCLING AND LOCAL INTEREST - A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER TROHPY CUP, maker's mark possibly F & Co. Ltd., Birmingham 1899, the plain "U" shaped bowl engraved "Presented to The Auto Cycle Club by Captain L.L. L'Estrange", "Auto. Cycle Club Six Days Trial, 1907, Awarded to Messrs. Phelon & Moore for best performance of a motor bicycle with variable gear", raised upon a single blade knopped stem and stepped circular foot, 8 3/4" high, 12ozs 14dwts (Illustrated) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) NB Phelon and Moore of Bradford (particularly famous for their Panther marque) manufactured motorcycles in Cleckheaton from 1904. Phelon made the first chain-driven motorcycle in 1900 but could not afford to put the bike in to production and sold the design to Humber. P & M cycles were used by the Royal Flying Corps. during the First World War. After 1922 the RAC added their sidecars to their range. After many tribulations including an ill fated period of importing French scooters and mopeds in the 1950's, in 1962 the receivers were called in but production staggering on until 1966 when they eventually ceased manufacture.
200-300 OF VETERAN MOTORCYCLING AND LOCAL INTEREST - A LATE VICTORIAN SILVER TROHPY CUP, maker's mark possibly F & Co. Ltd., Birmingham 1899, the plain "U" shaped bowl engraved "Presented to The Auto Cycle Club by Captain L.L. L'Estrange", "Auto. Cycle Club Six Days Trial, 1907, Awarded to Messrs. Phelon & Moore for best performance of a motor bicycle with variable gear", raised upon a single blade knopped stem and stepped circular foot, 8 3/4" high, 12ozs 14dwts (Illustrated) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) NB Phelon and Moore of Bradford (particularly famous for their Panther marque) manufactured motorcycles in Cleckheaton from 1904. Phelon made the first chain-driven motorcycle in 1900 but could not afford to put the bike in to production and sold the design to Humber. P & M cycles were used by the Royal Flying Corps. during the First World War. After 1922 the RAC added their sidecars to their range. After many tribulations including an ill fated period of importing French scooters and mopeds in the 1950's, in 1962 the receivers were called in but production staggering on until 1966 when they eventually ceased manufacture.
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