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Does the original photo show all the front numberplate.
Some counties still have all their records, and may be able to trace it that way (?).
No it doesn't help - me at least.
I had a look last night and still can't identify the bike. One of the problems is that it is a "lightweight" model, and the magazines of the era tended to have photos of the flagship models rather than the cheap and cheerfuls. Notice, for example, that the frame doesn't have a tube underneath the petrol tank. The front fork looks to be unsprung - or maybe it has a springing arrangement at the axle end - which was rare on "proper" bikes by 1910, but present on some of the lightweights.
I love the torpedo tank! Just a pity the name is hard to read.
Leon
Hi Son of Dave!
Nice photo, but I think we're closer to 1910 than 1920. Certainly the lightweight bike is 1910-ish anyway, and with a Brown and Barlow carburettor (with control on the handlebar), BSA-ish chain wheel and Powell and Hanmer gas lights it's almost certainly British made. Is it something like a Centaur? You might be able to read the name on the tank with a magnifying glass under a bright light.
I'm surprised the magneto chain is out in the open. Perhaps the cover has come to grief in a fall.
Cheers
Leon
