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A Brief History of the Marque: Humber
English firm Humber built three-wheeled forecars and four-wheelers as well as the motorcycles which they manufactured from 1902 to 1930. Initially their machines were built under Phelon & Moore licence using a single cylinder P&M engine and two-speed chaindrive transmission, but later examples had their own engines of 496cc, 596cc and 746cc. These included sidevalve flat-twins which were built up until about 1924, subsequent machines having only single-cylinder 347cc engines with either sidevalve, ohv or overhead cam configuration. Competition success included a win in the 1911 Junior TT.

Coventry based Humber is mentioned at CWN
The Grampian Transport Museum has a Beeston Humber
Beeston Humbers are discussed in Motor Cyclists on Tour, 1903
 

Humber Cycles & Motors Antique Advertisement 1903.jpg
Humber Cycles & Motors 1903


Wed Jul 15 2009
sly930<at>zeta.org.au
humber motor bike
humber 1926 
i have a humber motor bike 1926 i would like to know about the bike
sydney


Fri Mar 27 2009
arun.ksigh15<at>gmail.com
humber motorcycle 1904 model 3.5
I have an humber 1904, 3.5 hp motor. I require its fuel tank. please help.


Tue Feb 03 2009
panhead48aryahoo.com
consulta
Humbert Cycles Pins
Hola tengo un Pins de Humbert Cycles muy antiguo, del lado trasero dice WO LEWIS XXXX BIRMINGHAM, de 2X3Cms de tamaño, es de broce, estos se entregaban con las motocicleta?, alguien tiene alguna data? Gracias
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Humber_lapel_badge.jpg will be posted-0902


Fri Aug 22 2008
robert.silverwoodtalk21.com
old Humber  motorcycle
Humber ??
I wonder if you could help me identify the bike on the attached photo. I believe it is a Humber from the partially obscurred name on the tank. The lady riding it was the owner. She was my Great Aunt, Lisa Alldred. The sidecar passenger was my Grandmother Doris, Lisa's sister-in-law. I believe the photo was taken by my Grandfather Robert Silverwood in about 1918-1920.

Regards,

Robert Silverwood
Oxfordshire, UK
 

Humber_1918c_UK.jpg

Tue Jun 26 2007
emacmetroweb.co.za
Humber Bikes
± 1911   200cc pedal bike
Would you be able to date my bike that I'm busy restoring. The engine number is 531.
Your help would be much appreciated
Johannesburg RSA


Sun Jan 07 2007
alasa6msn
humber motorcycle
flat twin 600
do you have any details about the rear quick release axel and rear cog from this model, regards   alex
dublin, ireland


Fri Dec 15 2006
infotalkback.co.uk
Adverts & Posters
Humber, cycles etc
Hi, my company is about to move into the ground floor of the old cycle works in Beeston. We are having the brickwork restored and we want to embrace the tradition and history around the new offices with photographs, posters of Humber machines. Can you help? Thanks, Alan Harvey
Nottingham

There is a company in the US motorcycle-memories.com who do some wonderful reproduction posters from that era, tho mostly they are of American bikes. Ed.

Sun Jun 11 2006
fworxhotmail
motorcycles from Russia
Humber 1914
Here is Humber 1914 from the Moscow technical museum collection. Photo taken September 2001.
Sergey Riabsev
Moscow
 

Humber 1914 Russia.jpg
Humber 1914 Russia

Fri May 19 2006
ashleyblairxtra.co.nz
Contact with owners
Humber 3 1/2 hp motorcycles

Hi

I'm keen to make contact with anyone who has a Humber motorcycle of around 1912 -1915 to find out the original colours. I have a 1914 model that was restored in 1952 but the colour is not original. Attached photo shows Humber with current colour scheme.

Ashley Blair
Pukerua Bay
New Zealand
 

Humber 1914.jpg
Humber 1914


 
 
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