Whippet Motor and Cycle Co
From Graces Guide
of Whippet Works, Falcon Terrace, Clapham Junction, London
Whippet were motorcycles produced from 1903 to 1905. Two machines were exhibited at the late-1903 Crystal Palace show, fitted with a two-speed gear. This comprised two chain wheels of different diameters, fitted to the rear hub and a device to shift the drive chain from one to the other, just as on a bicycle. One machine was a solo fitted with an FN engine, the other a forecar powered by a 3.25hp Aster engine.
1900. Whippet Free-Wheel Trailer. Made by the Whippet Cycle Syndicate, 282 Oxford Street.[1]
1903 Partnership dissolved. J. Biggs and A. A. Phillips (trading as the Whippet Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Co.), Falcon-terrace, Clapham Junction.[2]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
- The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9