Greeves (motorcycles)

Greeves Motorcycles Ltd
Company typePrivate
Founded1951, reformed May 1999
Headquarters
Thundersley, Essex
Sandon, Chelmsford
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Bert Greeves
Derry Preston-Cobb
Richard Deal
ProductsMotorcycles
WebsiteGreeves Motorcycles Ltd

Greeves Motorcycles was a British motorcycle manufacturer founded by Bert Greeves which produced a range of road machines, and later competition mounts for observed trials, scrambles and road racing. The original company produced motorcycles from 1952, funded by a contract with the Ministry of Pensions for their Invacar, a three-wheeler for disabled drivers.

After many wins in motorcycle trials competitions and developing a successful US export market, the original company ceased trading following a fire in 1977.[1] Richard Deal bought the rights to the Greeves name in May 1999. The new business continues to develop motorcycles and launched the first new Greeves trials bike for 20 years in January 2009, with an all-new British two-stroke 280 cc engine.[2]

  1. ^ De Cet, Mirco (2005). Quentin Daniel (ed.). The Complete Encyclopedia of Classic Motorcycles. Rebo International. ISBN 978-90-366-1497-9.
  2. ^ "New Greeves Trial Bike". Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.