Maxim of Cheylesmore, Coventry
c1897 Company formed by Arthur Bonnick
1896/7 Directory: Listed under cycles. More details
1898 Bonnick sold the business to the Coventry Wheel Co
1912 Listed in Spennell's directory of Coventry as Cycle Manufacturers. [1]
One motorcycle was listed late in 1912. It was fitted with a 3.5hp TDC engine, a three-speed Sturmey-Archer gearbox and belt drive. The machine was short-lived as it failed to make an impact.
After World War I, the name made a brief return when lightweight two-stroke models were constructed, using bought-in parts. The engines were the 318cc Dalm and JES, magnetos from EIC and Runbaken, carburettors from Amac and the two-speed gearboxes from Albion.
Being similar to many other makes, Maxim was one of a number that failed to survive.
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
- Spennell's Annual Directory of Coventry and District, 1912-13
- The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9
- Peck's Trades Directory of Birmingham, 1896-97: Cycles