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'''Newmount''' were motorcycles assembled in Warwick Road, Coventry from 1929 to 1933. | '''Newmount''' were motorcycles assembled in Warwick Road, Coventry from 1929 to 1933. | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 2 September 2011

Newmount were motorcycles assembled in Warwick Road, Coventry from 1929 to 1933.
- 1929 The machine was really a German Zundapp with a change of tank badge and a tubular frame instead of the usual one of pressed steel. It weighed 198lbs and was priced at £33.
- 1931 The range expanded. One model had a 300cc Zundapp engine while others had 348cc or 499cc ohv Rudge Python engines.
- 1933 The range continued until that year and then left the market.
- [1] The 'Webshots' web site shows a 1929 Newmount at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull, West Midlands
The company was possible founded by J. K. Starley, Junior
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
- [2] UK Motorbike Web Directory and Search Engine