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    The only Triple H left?

    Thank you very much for this snippet, I've emailed Onion Cars, as it is the same site! I have some VMCC articles from the '60s that state a small number of lesser motorcycle manufacturers occupied this site in the '20s, the last of which appears to be FE Baker. Onions website history is known...
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    The only Triple H left?

    I found this on Wikipedia: The surname Hobbis had been particularly common in the area in the 19th century and people with that name included farmers, agricultural workers and (in Kings Norton village) the publican of the inn, The Plumber's Arms, but no-one named Hobbis is listed in the 1907...
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    The only Triple H left?

    Wow, these responses are great, many thanks - you guys know where to look! I do have a few snippets I've found over the years, in the depths of the Vintage Motorcycle Club Journals, one report of the 1923 Victory Trial, where "CC Holroyd and the Hobbis brothers rode Triple H sidecar and...
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    Ixion Motorcycles

    After 1923, New Hudson bought the Ixion name, and used it as a '2nd brand' to sell old stock models and engines into Europe. The Swedish Rex used a New Hudson engine with the Ixion badge on it
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    The only Triple H left?

    Hi Folks My first post..... Not being a native of Brum, I have no idea of the geography surrounding this. I believe I have the only remaining example of a Triple H motorcycle, made in Alvechurch Road, West Heath back in 1922/3. The 'Triple H' came from 2 x Hobbis brothers and 1 x Horrell. 100...
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