Kerry Classic
Motorcycles
During the first years of the
last century, the British motor cycle industry
was rather behind that of continental Europe
in terms of design and manufacturing capacity,
having been held back, like the car industry,
by government restrictions on motor vehicles.
In exactly the same way as in the present day
motor industry, this deficiency was overcome
by what we call badge engineering with imported
motorcycles given U.K firms identities in order
to aid sales. One such firm was the East London
Rubber Company of Shoreditch, London.
They imported the excellent
Belgian Sarolea and, with revisions to suit
the domestic market, sold them as The Kerry.
The company made a range of machines under
this name, later with Birmingham built Abingdon
Engines until the cessation of civilian manufacture
in December 1915. The last appearance of the
Kerry name was on a range of Italian-built
mopeds in the 1950s.
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1903 Kerry 2 hp, 308cc |
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| 1967 Kerry Capitano |
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49cc. |
Kerry Capitano
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Kerry Capitano, 49cc
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