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Coventry Motette

From Graces Guide
November 1897.
1898. Motor tandem tricycle. Exhibit at the Hull Street Life Museum.

Motorcycles from 1899-1903

See Coventry Motette Co

Used a 2.5 hp engine based on a Bollee original

1897 November. Details and images of the new Coventry Motette.[1]

1899 Produced by the Coventry part of the Humber company. It involved a modified version of the Bollee tricar that had belt drive and its cylinder alongside the rear wheel, and the crank-shaft and reduction gear ahead of it. The passenger seat went between the front wheels and the driver sat behind.


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Autocar 1897/11/06
  • The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9
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