Items tagged motor cycles in MV Collections
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Motor Scooter Engine - Lambretta LD, circa 1955
Along with the Vespa, the Lambretta motor scooter built in Italy became a popular and stylish form of transport in the 1950s and 1960s. The Innocetti company in Milan began production o ...
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Moped Engine - Ducati Piuma, 1960
This type of engine was fitted to the Ducati 48 Piuma moped built bt Ducati Meccanica S.p.A in Bologna, Italy. The Piuma differed from a motor scooter in that it retained pedals and a m ...
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Motor Cycle - Liberty Model 33, 1916
Manufactured in Victoria by the Acme Motor & Engineering Company of 355 Lonsdale Street Melbourne around 1916. It was typical during the two decades before the First World War for bicyc ...
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Motor Cycle - Honda CBX 1000, Super Sport, Pre-Production Model, 1977
Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company was born in a small rural village near the Japanese city of Hamamatsu in November 1906. He began working as an apprentice mechanic in ...
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Motor Cycle - BSA Model K, 1916
The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) in the United Kingdom began manufacturing firearms before diversifying into the manufacture of bicycle components during the 1880s. By 1900, the ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 1 -
Autocycle - Malvern Star 'Auto-byke', circa 1950
The Malvern Star brand was established in 1898 and was acquired by Bruce Small in 1920. Prior to this date a small number of motorcycles were produced by the company using imported Brit ...
From: Altona North, Australia Images: 2 -
Motor Cycle Engine - Yamaha, Two-Stroke, Single Cylinder, 1970-1975
This Model L2G, two-stroke, 100 c.c single cylinder engine includes a four-speed gearbox, kick starter and multi-disc clutch unit. It has been sectioned for display and mounted on a bas ...
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Motor Cycle - 'Planet', Twin-Cylinder, 1497 cc, 1916
This hand-made motor cycle was built by John Oliver who ran a motor car and motor cycle repair business in Melbourne. Oliver was born at Talbot in central Victoria in 1872 and served an ...
From: Kew, Australia Images: 3 -
Motor Cycle - Indian Scout, 1923
'Indian' motor cycles were produced by the Hendee Manufacturing Company at Springfield, Massachusetts, USA in what was at one time the largest motor cycle factory in the world. Founded ...
From: Springfield, USA Images: 2 -
Motor Cycle - Batavus Bilonet G50 'Super Sport', circa 1960
This stylish maroon and white Batavus 'Super Sport' is a lightweight machine typical of the type of motor cycle developed by several European manufacturers after the Second World War. S ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 4