The ANA motorcycle was manufactured by Martin J Shelley at the ANA Cycle Works in Rathdowne Street,
Carlton North
Carlton North is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Melbourne and Yarra local government areas. Carlton North recorded a population of 6,177 at ...
,
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...
, Australia between 1910 and 1919.
The ANA used a wide variety of different engines:
Fafnir,
JAP
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Precision,
Abingdon King Dick, as well as
Sturmey-Archer
Sturmey-Archer was a manufacturing company originally from Nottingham, England. It primarily produced bicycle hub gears, brakes and a great many other sundry bicycle components, most prominently during its heyday as a subsidiary of the Raleigh ...
gearboxes.
[Robert Saward, “A-Z of Australian-Made Motorcycles: 1893-1942”, Turton & Armstrong, Sydney, 1996 ]
See also
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List of motorcycles of the 1910s
List of motorcycles of the 1910s is a listing of motorcycles of the 1910s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period.
The 1910s has their share of expensive historic motorcycles sold at auction, especially the bra ...
References
External links
Museum of Victoria photo of ANA motorcycle from 1922
Motorcycle manufacturers of Australia
Motorcycles of Australia
Motorcycles introduced in the 1910s
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