Rolfe Manufacturing Co
From Graces Guide
of Bridge Street, Smethwick.
Rolfe were motorcycles produced between 1911 and 1913.
1905 The 2.75 h.p. Rolfe-Goode motorcycle competed successfully in the 1905 London to Edinburgh Run with rider H. E. Cowles.
1912 Late in the year a machine was built using a 6 h.p. V-twin Precision engine, 'Rolfe' three-speed gearbox, chain drive and Saxon forks.
1913 The original model was then joined by a single fitted with a 3.5 h.p. JAP engine, still with gearbox and all-chain drive. Their sidecar chassis had the wheel spindle supported on both sides, and it was constructed from straight tubing.
The make was short lived.
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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
- Powered Vehicles made in the Black Country by Jim Boulton and Harold Parsons. Published 1990. ISBN 0 904015 30 0