Coventry Eagle Cycle & Motor Company, advert from Coventry Official Guide, 1937
Another Coventry speciality - the manufacturing of safety bicycles that led to powered motor bikes and helped set the city up as a major centre of car and commerical vehicle manufacturing in the 20th century. Coventry Eagle was based in an older company but the name came into use around c1903 when their first powered motor bike came into production. This 1937 advert shows both bikes and motor bikes; in the post-war period they ceased building powered bikes and concentrated on their Falcon bike range.
Coventry Eagle Cycle & Motor Company, advert from Coventry Official Guide, 1937
Another Coventry speciality - the manufacturing of safety bicycles that led to powered motor bikes and helped set the city up as a major centre of car and commerical vehicle manufacturing in the 20th century. Coventry Eagle was based in an older company but the name came into use around c1903 when their first powered motor bike came into production. This 1937 advert shows both bikes and motor bikes; in the post-war period they ceased building powered bikes and concentrated on their Falcon bike range.