The 'Ketterina' motorcycle

At the turn of the last century, production was split almost equally between shoe machinery and bicycles. Arthur Timson had started experimenting with the idea of an engine-driven cycle, putting an engine into a pedal cycle frame. This developed into the 'Ketterina' motor cycle.
At first, a small de Dion 1 H.P. engine was used but by the time the Company left St. Peters Avenue in 1898, they were making their own engines.
The main components of a 'Ketterina' motor cycle engine displayed here include a cast aluminium crank case. This was an early use of aluminium which was a very exotic material at that time.