of Wells Street, London
Economic were motorcycles produced from 1921 to 1923.
The engine originated in the United States and was used to power a World War I generator. It was an interesting 165cc flat-twin two-stroke and the crankcase was split on the centre line with each half cast in one with a cylinder. It cost just 28 pounds.
Suplus engines were available after the war, and Economic installed these firstly in-line and then across the frame. It had friction driven transmission.
It was not marketed for long, although the reasons for this are unclear. It may have been because the engine was not reliable, or perhaps because of lack of supplies.
1920-21 Produced a small number of three-wheelers
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Sources of Information
- The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
- The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9
- A-Z of Cars of the 1920s by Nick Baldwin. 1994. ISBN 1 870979 53 2