O.K., No. 289.
Humphries and Dawes, Lancaster Street, Birmingham. – This firm is manufacturing three quite new models, all fitted with Precision engines. They have large and well-equipped works capable of turning out 1,000 cycles a week, and are building motor cycles in no half-hearted way. They showed a 4½ h.p. model with spring forks, a very low saddle position, and side flaps to front mudguards. An Eisemann magneto is placed in front of the engine, and is well protected from mud by a large shield. The engine is lubricated by a sight drip feed, the oil being sucked through by crank case vacuum. The foot brake is fitted above the chain stay and operated by a pedal carried on a special bolt.
The above remarks apply also in the case of the 3½ h.p. model, but the 2½ h.p. lightweight differs in several respects. The engine is slung in a loop frame, and the magneto is placed high up behind the engine. All three models are fitted with two important features. Firstly, the carrier and mudguard can be detached from the back stays by means of finger nuts, and, secondly, the pedalling gear can be removed from the bottom bracket by undoing one nut. This is a particularly praiseworthy device, as it allows a counter-shaft gear to be fitted with ease should a customer desire it.
1911 Olympia Show - The Motor Cycle November 23rd, 1911. Page 1280
