1916 P&M Single cylinder 3 1/2 HP
Registration no. SV 4112
Frame no. 225S
Engine no. 488-6 S
Phelon & Moore (P&M) was founded in Cleckheaton, South Yorkshire in 1904. Joah C Phelon, partner with Harry Rayner in a small engineering business in the town, had built his first prototype motorcycle in 1900, the rights to which were bought by the Humber company. Following Rayner's untimely death in 1903 Phelon entered into a fresh partnership with Richard Moore. Phelon's first designs had featured engines with inclined cylinders forming part of the frame, and this trademark arrangement was continued by the newly formed P&M. Mainstay of production prior to WWI was a 3½hp single that would be progressively developed, gaining magneto ignition, a contracting-band rear brake, P&M's own front fork and a mechanical inlet valve as the years passed. When war broke out in August 1914, the 3½hp P&M, which had been undergoing assessment by the War Department, was chosen as official motorcycle transport for the newly formed Royal Flying Corps.

This 1916 P&M is believed to be ex-RFC. The machine was restored several decades ago and ridden in the Banbury Run before being put on display in an office. The current vendor purchased the P&M two years ago and has ridden it sparingly; he is now thinning out his collection, hence the decision to sell. The machine was last run in February 2024. Offered with an old sales receipt (1992), expired MoT (1994), and a V5C document.
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