Albert Otto Berkfeld was a competitive cyclist in 1903. He moved from Mt Gambier, South Australia to Casterton in Victoria around 1907 and opened a bicycle shop in Henty Street. Assembly of the A.O.B. motorcycles soon followed, using any available engine requested by the customer.
In 1916 A.O.B became agents for Indian motor-cycles, and later for Ford cars. The firm survived into the mid-to-late 1920s.
There are no known surviving examples of the A.O.B motorcycle.
SA Registrations
6435, Ralph W D Wardle of Naracoorte, 4hp Precision
6377 AL Steele, 4 hp Wolseley 1915
9196, A. E. Tavender, Narracoorte. 3½ A.O.B. 1917
11024 F C B Thiele, Mt Barker, 4¼ hp, 1918
11642 W R Anderson, Kybybolite 4hp 1918
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