Oldtimer gallery. Motorcycles. Monarch 1912-1915.

Oldtimer picture gallery. Motorcycles. Pre-1932 USA motorcycles. Monarch.
II 1912 - 1914 or early 1915, Ives Motorcycle Corp., Owego, New York, USA.

1915 (no data)
1914 (high position of oil level window)
1914 Monarch Big 5 (no data).
1914 Monarch Dreadnaught, V2-cyl. IOE, 10hp, 67.10 cu. in. (1099.5cc), bore 3³/₈", stroke 3³/₄", magneto ignition, 1-speed, chain drive, ? mph, $?.
   This racer was recently sold as Monarch. Perhaps, but the only Monarch thing there is 1914 V2-motor Nr: A228: 262k photo, 208k photo, 112k photo, 143k photo.
From II to XI 1914 Monarch V2 motors have been used in O-We-Go cyclecars.
1913 ("Feather bed" leaf spring seat suspension, longer, wider and deeper fenders, enlarged bearing of the inlet valve rocker arm. 1913 sales were a disappointment.)
1913 Monarch Big 5, 1-cyl. IOE, 5hp, 33.55 cu. in. (549.8cc), bore 3³/₈", stroke 3³/₄", magneto ignition, 1-speed, V-belt or chain drive, ? mph, $225.
   5k photo.
1913 Monarch Dreadnaught, V2-cyl. IOE, 10hp, 67.10 cu. in. (1099.5cc), bore 3³/₈", stroke 3³/₄", magneto ignition, 1-speed, chain drive, ? mph, $275.
   29k photo.
1912
1912 Monarch Big 5, 1-cyl. IOE, 5hp, 33.55 cu. in. (549.8cc), bore 3³/₈", stroke 3³/₄", magneto ignition, 1-speed, V-belt drive, ? mph, $200.
   79k poster, 27k poster, 15k photo, 20k photo, 268k photo. Monarch Big 5 in Toronto, Canada, 1912: 81k photo, 104k photo, 127k photo.

Predecessor: Reliance.

Photos and data are from:
Author's archive.
"The Motorcycle Industry in New York State" encyclopedia by Geoffrey N. Stein.
Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981 by Jerry Hatfield.
Facebook of Cycle Cult.
Toronto Guardian.
MTFCA.
Motorcycle Illustrated, 1912, 1913.
Americanikons.
MECUM Auctions.
Victor and James Yapp.

Thanks for help to Evgenii Pevzner (Moskva), motorcycle historian,
Thanks to all authors of books, articles and internet resources, to photographers - contemporary and old, to restorers and collectors!

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Last updated 23 VII 2021. Andrei Bogomolov. Contact Information.