Introduction
This page is all about where to get information about Cyclemotors, Autocycles and Mopeds whether it be general or specific. Everything: books on the subject, workshop and other manuals, who to ask for advice…
Information Library
If you’ve read the articles on this Website, you may have noticed that a good deal of research has to be done to find out the history of the machines we write about. Fortunately, we don’t have to go far to get that information[1]. Most of the team have been interested in Cyclemotors, Autocycles and Mopeds for many years and, as a result, have accumulated rather a lot of information on the subject.
We’ve decided that we shouldn’t be keeping all this information to ourselves, it should be available to anyone who needs it, which is why we set up … The On-Line Library
In most cases, delving into the on-line library will provide the information you’re looking for. However, there’s still a lot of other stuff we have that hasn’t made its way on-line yet. The complete list of everything we have catalogued is available on our downloads page. If there's something on the list that you want, get in touch with the us by e-mailing
But that’s not all we have—there’s a whole load of other information we have access to. If you have any questions to do with Cyclemotors, Autocycles or Mopeds, ask us and we’ll try our best to answer them. If you need to know the ignition timing for a Dunkley Whippet—or if you’ve bought a strange moped on eBay and want to know what it is, then just ask. The address is the same: .
[1] Well, sometimes we do have to look further. For example: some of the documentation for the Raleigh Rackabout article took some tracking down
Books
Books on cyclemotors, autocycles, and mopeds are fairly thin on the ground in the UK; we have written a page that tells you about some of the ones that we know of.
We’ve divided the list into Period Books: books that were written in the same period as the machines they describe, and Modern Books: books that have been written a long while after the machines they describe were new. Period books will be hard to find but will turn up at second-hand book shops, jumbles, and the usual on-line sellers. SOme of the Modern Books should be readily available, but others may need searching for. Seval on our list have gone out of print since we first listed them. Outside the UK, there are more books about cyclemotors, autocycles, and mopeds, as long as you can cope with reading in a foreign language. Particularly in France, these books can have short print runs so our advice would be to buy it as soon as you can if you find one that interests you.
Advisers
Lots of people in this hobby form attachments to a particular make or type of machine and learn quite a lot about them. If you’re one of these people, how about sharing your knowledge with other people who are interested in the same thing? Not only will you help someone else, you might also gain more information about your favourite make. If you’d like to become an ‘IceniCAM Adviser’, then just let us know and we’ll add you to the list. Send us an e-mail at telling us what your subject is and what contact details you’d like to be listed here. And if someone else is already listed for your favourite make, that doesn’t matter, we can have more that one person per subject.
Search for information on:Ambassador
Ambassador
Mark Daniels:
Search for information on:Corgi
Brockhouse Corgi
Ned Newitt:
Search for information on:Ariel 3
BSA Ariel 3
The BSA Ariel 3 register | bsaariel3.co.uk is a website where some useful information can be found for the humble BSA Ariel 3 moped. The three wheeled ‘trike of terror’ is normally found in lofts…
Search for information on:Beaver/Brigand
BSA Beaver & Brigand
Mark Crowder:
Search for information on:Cyc-Auto
Cyc-Auto
Peter Smith:
Search for information on:Cyclemaster
Cyclemaster
David Butler:
Search for information on:Cucciolo
Ducati Cucciolo
John Lievesley, an incorrigible Cucciolo enthusiast and retired C.Eng, F.I.Mech.E, is happy to compare notes with fellow sufferers.
Search for information on:Dunkley
Dunkley
‘The Grey Streak’:
Search for information on:Elswick Hopper
Elswick Hopper
Mark Daniels:
Search for information on:Hercules
Hercules
Mark Daniels:
The Hercules Corvette forum is at herculescorvette.proboards.com/index.cgi and it can be used to discuss all things Hercules—not just Corvettes.
Search for information on:James
James
Andrew Pattle is not only interested in James autocycles, but the pedal cycles too.
Search for information on:Kaptein
Kaptein
Henk van Kessel is the expert on Kaptein (the Dutch version of the Mobylette and can be contacted via the Dutch Mobykette Forum website.
Search for information on:Kerry
Kerry
Mike Bagshall:
Search for information on:Manurhin
Manurhin scooters and DKW Hobby scooters
There’s a interest group for the growing number of enthusiasts interested in Manurhin scooters and DKW Hobby scooters. Whether you are an owner, rider, enthusiast or simply curious about old French and German scooters, they would be delighted to have you join their group. Please visit them at www.manurhinscooter.co.uk
Search for information on:Mercury
Mercury
‘The Grey Streak’:
Search for information on:Mobylette
Mobylette (Motobécane/Motoconfort/MBK)
‘Rebel Moby’:
There’s also a UK Mobylette discussion group at mobylette.proboards.com/index.cgi
Search for information on:NVT
NVT
Martin Gates:
Search for information on:Raleigh
Solifer
Martin Gates:
Search for information on:VéloSoleX
VéloSoleX
Brian Colter: or visit Brian’s Solex website.
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