Registration No: FE 4651
Frame No: 394V2
Engine No: 4575
CC: 600
MOT: Exempt

• 1922 Humber 600cc flat twin Sports Model, thought by the vendor to be only 3 known survivors
• Restored some years ago and used regularly on veteran runs and rallies including the Banbury Run
• Celebrating its 100th birthday, supplied with a number of spare engine parts and a current V5C

Humber was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and motor vehicles listed on the stock exchange in 1887. It took the name Humber & Co because of the good reputation of the products of one of the constituent businesses that belonged to the owner Thomas Humber. From an interest in motorised vehicles beginning in 1896, the motorcycle division became more important than the cycle division and the cycle trade marks were sold to Raleigh in 1932. The company was always innovative from its early days, with Bert Yates winning what was claimed to be the first motorcycle race ever held on a track in Coventry in 1899. Humber went on to launch many new models in the pre-war years and production continued until 1930, after which Humber focussed on car production.

As was to be expected of a company that had built an enviable reputation for the quality of their bicycles and which would also characterise their automotive products, the new Humber twins introduced in 1919 were high quality machines costing in excess of £140 in 1919, twice the price of other similar sized motorcycles. This model is one of the rarest variants of the flat twin with only three examples of the 4.5 hp 600cc Sports thought by the vendor to have survived. Restored in the early 2000s by the previous owner and a show winner in the Scottish Classic Motorcycle Show it has been used regularly in the last 10 years of current ownership including the Banbury Run and in Scottish veteran & early vintage rallies and has proved to be extremely reliable. The bike is supplied with quite a few spare engine parts and a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Ian Cunningham
ian.cunningham@handh.co.uk
07415 871189