Eclipse Motor and Cycle Co of John Bright Street, Birmingham
1902 March. Advertisement for BSA cycles. Eclipse Motor and Cycle Co, John Bright Street.[1]
1903 Eclipse motorcycles were produced from 1903 to 1905.
1903 The first machine was exhibited at the Stanley Show. It had a variable-speed gear, engine-driven rear wheel and free-wheel clutches. A forecar was also offered.
1904 A wide-angled V-twin was added. The engine fitted into a loop frame with braced forks and conventional belt drive. There is little further information.
1902 XL-All were motorcycles produced from 1902 to 1906. The machines had 2hp or 4hp 90-degree V-twin engines mounted in a loop frame. They were claimed to be the most powerful road machines that could both pull a trailer and push a forecar at the same time. They also professed to reach 'Any speed from 4 to 50mph' and to 'pass everything on the road'. Either cylinder of the engine could be used alone while allowing the other to cool when not in use; or both together - which ever preferred - were the extravagant claims.
1905 July. Advertisement for cycles. Eclipse Motor and Cycle Co, John Bright Street.[2]
1907 Became XL'All Specialities
See Also
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