Sydenham Town Forum

Pearson-Cox were mainly car makers as I understand it - there were certainly steam traction engines and some steam lorries about, but it's not really a technology that translates well to motorcycle use. I certainly wouldn't like to have been perched on top of a paraffin-fired boiler. I think there's...

What do you do in 'the business'? Sometimes there just aren't any clues to go on for the finish, and if your machine is unique, you're relegated to 'best endeavours', with the minor crumb of comfort that it's unlikely that no-one's going to come up to the bike, adopt a pained expression, and come ou...

The Perry Vale/Perivale point is 'unfortunate' as there is some info available - the Museum could have done some research with either Beaulieu Motor Museum, or the Vintage Motorcycle Club, both of whom have 1920s catalogues from the factory. Not especially difficult to do, snd pretty shameful for an...

They certainly did (and still do) - but they know very little about it, particularly what colour they should have painted it. And the accompanying blurb says that it was made in 'Perivale', which has got to be worth a :roll: and a :evil: and ultimately, a :( The original PV sidecar also seems to hav...

Thanks Rebelmc - I found a copy of that somewhere about on the internet.

I'd like to find an original works catalogue from the time for more detail, or any pics of the bikes they made.

Nick

George Elliston and son were cycle makers at 93 Perry Vale up to about 1910, and in late 1910 they secured a patent (10,179/1910) for a rear springing (suspension) system, which they went on to use on the motorcycles they made. Rear suspension did not come into widespread use on motorcycles until th...

George Elliston and son were cycle makers at 93 Perry Vale up to about 1910, and in late 1910 they secured a patent (10,179/1910) for a rear springing (suspension) system, which they went on to use on the motorcycles they made. Rear suspension did not come into widespread use on motorcycles until th...