Motor Cycle Collection

Lawrence of Arabia
British archaeologist, soldier, intelligence officer and writer, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia. Seen here in RAF uniform on a Brough Superior SS100 motorbike

Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland
A colour illustration, depicting a man riding his Triumph motorcycle through the Scottish Highlands on a bright, sunny day

Policeman on BSA motorcycle, London
A Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour

Bbc Broadcasting House
BBC Broadcasting House at Portland Place, London

Italian Grand Prix poster
Poster for the meeting of the first ever Italian Grand Prix, held at Brescia - 4th to the 11th September 1921. The meeting also includes racing for aeroplanes and motorcycles

Police Officer & Triumph
Metropolitan Police officer on a Triumph motorcycle during World War II

Rocker & Rock Chic
Rebellious teenagers on a motorbike in Charlwood, Surrey. They are wearing their leathers, and the girl is swigging a bottle of shandy!

The British Second Army in Valkenswaard, Holland; Second Wor
Photograph showing advance units of the British Second Army in the Dutch village of Valkenswaard, September 1944. This was the first settlement in Holland to be liberated

Scotland / Ben Nevis
Tourists in a motorcycle and sidecar take in this fine view of the distant peak of Ben Nevis, Britains highest mountain, from the Road to the Isles, Inverness-shire

Brown Bear riding a motorcycle at the Bertram Mills Circus
Photograph showing a large brown bear riding a motorcycle during a performance of the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia in December 1951. That year was the Silver Jubilee of the Mills Circus at Olympia

Police Motorcycle Team at Crystal Palace
The Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Team at Crystal Palace Centre. Five of the riders are wearing white corker helmets and all are riding White Triumph motorcycles with white legshields

Australian soldier with motorcycle and sidecar, WW1
An Australian soldier examining a motorcycle and sidecar, possibly to repair a puncture, on a muddy road during the First World War. Date: 1916

Woman on Super Sunbeam motorcycle
A lady sits astride a Super Sunbeam motorcycle outside the Red House in Buntingford, Hertfordshire, smiling and wearing a beret style hat, a fur-collared coat and Fair Isle jumper

London Tram 1935
Two trams approach Kew Bridge, London

An army officer sits astride a Silent Grey Harley Davidson
A photograph of the latest 1916 model of motorcycle by American manufacturer Harley Davidson as tested by the military

Stunt / Wall of Death
Wall of Death - Motorcycle rider Fearless Billy Ward riding the wall (picture also shows Dare Devil Marjory Ward )

Fire-Fighting Motorcycle
Merryweathers fire-fighting motor-cycle and sidecar unit of 1910, with manual fire- pump mounted on a platform

Travelling Charlady
A travelling charlady, up a ladder, cleaning a front door, her motorcycle with its Stop Me For Cleaning, No Job Too Small sign, parked behind her!

WW2 ATS poster for motorcycle messengers Date: circa 1940

Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit firing at aircraft, WW1
Two men belonging to a Motorcycle Machine Gun Unit with a Scott motorcycle during the First World War, using a Vickers machine gun to fire at aircraft. Date: 1914-1918

Officer of Tank Corps with dog and motorbike, France, WW1
An officer of the Tank Corps on a Douglas motorbike with a spaniel dog, at Neulette, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 3 May 1918

Motorcycle Football
A daily game of motorcycle football being played at Pangbourne, Berkshire

The Last Word by William Heath Robinson
A motorcyclist, engrossed in a crossword, fails to notice that he is driving over the edge of a cliff just as he discovers the right answer to one of the clues

The Promenade Percies
A motorcycle acrobat troupe called The Promenade Percies practise their act involving balance on a trapeze attached to the bike

A Winters Mooring at Beccles
A woman poses with a motorbike alongside a boat moored at Captain Bloomfields Moorings at Beccles in Suffolk, East Anglia

Australian Speedway Team, 1936 when they met England at the first official Speedway Test Match at Wembley on 28th May 1936. Final result was England 65 points and Australia 48 points

Llandudno Tram
One of the single-decker side deck trams which used to run at Llandudno, Wales

The first motorcycle
Invention by Edward Butler, created in 1887

Playing on the Street
Children playing on a suburban street. Note the absence of parked cars - only a solitary motorcycle and sidecar!

Family of five on a motorcycle in Rhodes, Greece
A family of five on a Zundapp motorcycle in Rhodes, Greece

Scrubing Doorstep / 1920S
A Charwoman, who goes to work in her motorcycle and side car, kneels whilst scrubbing the steps of no. 47

Policemen on their motor cycles
A long line of Metropolitan Police officers on their motor cycles. Date: circa 1940s

German motorcycle patrol WWII
German motorcycle patrol on reconaissance in France during World War II

Motorcycling in Scotland
Touring Scotland by motorcycle and sidecar! A glimpse through Lochy Bridge, showing the great peak of Ben Nevis in the distance, Inverness-shire

Motorcycle at Ullswater
A motorcyclist pauses to admire the view at Ullswater, the English Lucerne one of the most beautiful of the lakes in the Lake District

Old man standing next to a motorcycle near a beach
An old man with a walking stick, standing next to a motorcycle parked near a beach

Elderly couple in motorbike and sidecar
A elderly man sits on a muddy looking motorbike while his wife smiles from the attached sidecar. Two men, possibly their sons, grin in the background

Well dressed man on a motorcycle
A rather well dressed man sitting on a motorcycle. He is wearing a bowler hat, white gloves, a black bowtie, dark jacket, pinstriped trousers and shiny shoes

Carrying a ladder on a Sunbeam motorcycle
A man, Alan Fraser, a photographed driving away on a Sunbeam motorbike with a quite large set of ladders attached precariously to his back

Petrol pump attendant
People You See. Petrol pump attendant. From Teddy Bear (7 December 1963)

Motorcycle police
People You See. Motorcycle police. From Teddy Bear (19 April 1964)

RAC repairman

Signpost painter
People You See. Signpost painter. From Teddy Bear (20 June 1970)

Messenger Boy
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Beeston Motor Cycles advert
Beeston Motor Cycles, 1896

Motorbike
Dramatic black and white motorbike illustration of a motorcycle cornering at speed. Date: 1936

The Butterfly on the Wheel by Nick
A couple in fancy dress, the lady in a butterfly costume, ride together on a motorcycle through the night sky. The bikes number plate reads, I LUV U. Date: 1927

You re Splendid Dad by Helen McKie - World War II
A young woman on a motorbike stops to offer her admiration to her father (or just an older male acquaintance) who twiddles his moustache while in Home Guard uniform

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