This lovely picture doesn’t appear with much of a story to it, simply captioned: “A travelling workshop catering for motorcyclists in the Plymouth district. These motor vans have been in service for the aid of the car owner for quite a long time, but up to the present, very few garage owners have been sufficiently enterprising to cater specially for stranded motorcyclists.”
Looking closely at the picture – published May 15, 1919 – reveals that it probably isn’t posed, as it seems that there’s an inner tube rather tightly wound around the motorcycle’s rear wheel, which also does the job of hiding its rear hub, although it does still look of big enough dimension to be either a hub gear or clutch, perhaps.
But clues to the motorcycle’s identity are hard to…
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The Classic MotorCycle (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024