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-'''Imperial''' were motorcycles produced between 1901 and 1903, by [[Norman Downs]] in Birmingham.  It was the name he used when he founded the company and before he added ''New'' in front of it.
+#redirect [[Norman Tuckwood Downs]]
-Having already been established in the bicycle trade, [[Norman Downs|Downs]] entered the powered market at the Stanley Show.  A model was exhibited that had a 3.5hp engine mounted above the front wheel which it drove by belt.  Only one machine was sold and all the others were used by staff.
-It is also said that he created [[New Imperial]] in 1901 but no official record of the earliest company formation has been found. Official records do show the formation of a limited company in 1908, called the '''New Imperial Cycle Company'''.
-At the show they had a 2hp model.
-They were no longer in the market.
-==See Also==
-<what-links-here/>
-==Sources of Information==
-<references/>
-* 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
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-[[Category: Town - Birmingham]]
-[[Category:Cycles]]
-[[Category:Motorcycles]]