Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,356 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Rip Motor Manufacturing Co

From Graces Guide

of 14 Leytonstone Road, Stratford, London

1906. A reference is made to 14a Leytonstone Road, Stratford as the property of John G. Graves, a jeweller and cutler of Sheffield. This company therefore appears to be another of his many ventures. See J. G. Graves.[1]

1906-07 Rip produced motorcycles. The company listed 3.5hp, 4hp, and 6hp engined models with side valves and belt drive. They were fitted with leading-link front forks and pivoted-fork rear suspension. The marque was short lived.

1907 in the 1907 Auto-Cycle Club Trial - January rider C. H. Gold rode a 4 h.p. Rip.


See Rip (France) for automobiles

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Sources of Information

  1. Globe - Wednesday 14 March 1906

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