1910 3 ½ HP White and Poppe SV

Appearance  As picture

 

Specification

Engine - 3 1/2 H.P White and Poppe

Carburetter - Amac with Handlebar Control

Ignition - Simms High-tension Magneto chain driven

Tank - 1 1/2 gallons capacity. Aluminium, panelled in colors.

Transmission - "Shamrock Gloria"  Rubber Belt

Frame - extra low, of best weldless high carbon steel tubes. Druid Spring Forks. Finished in finest black lustre enamel.

Brakes - foot pedal rear and Bowden inverted lever front

Wheels - 26 x 2 1/4 

Standard Fittings - Saddle; "Le-Luxe" Motor. 

 

Notes

Announced in The Cycle and Motor Trades Review of October 14^th 1909, this was Calthorpe's first foray into motorcycles, despite a long history of cycle making dating back, via  George Hands' Bard Cycle Co, to 1895. Cars had been added to the range in 1905.

The White and Poppe engine seems to have been a stop gap as by March 1910 it was in process of being superseded by a new 'Calthorpe' engine, in reality one of F E Baker's 'Precision' range, a company with which Hands was to have dealings until after the First War.

Sources

Cycle and Motor Trades review, October 14^th 1909

Contemporary 1909 show report, source unknown

Cycle and Motor Trades review, Feb 10^th 1910

Cycle and Motor Trades Review, April 21^st 1910