Oldtimer gallery. Motorcycles. Peerless, 1912-1916.

Oldtimer picture gallery. Motorcycles. Pre-1932 USA makes. Peerless.
1912-1916, Peerless Motorcycle Co., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
(not connected with Peerless automobiles).

Early Peerless was a clone of M-M (Marsh-Metz) motorcycles.
1915 (new low-saddle-frame, new tank)
   Peerless 5 H.P., 1-cyl. IOE, 5hp, 33.18 cu in (543.8cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 4", magneto ignition, 1-speed, belt drive, 5...55 mph, $?, 93k poster.
1914 (nothing changed, see 1912)
   Peerless 5 H.P., 1-cyl. IOE, 5hp, 33.18 cu in (543.8cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 4", magneto ignition, 1-speed, belt drive, 5...55 mph, $?, color Peerless steel grey, 63k poster.
1913
   Peerless 5 H.P., 1-cyl. IOE, 5hp, 33.18 cu in (543.8cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 4", magneto ignition, 1-speed, belt drive, 5...55 mph, $?, color Peerless steel grey, 93k poster (same as 1912).
   Peerless twin, V2-cyl. IOE, ?hp, 66.37 cu in (1087.5cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 4", magneto ignition, 1-speed, belt drive, 5...55 mph, $?, color Peerless steel grey.
1912
   Peerless 5 H.P., 1-cyl. IOE, 5hp, 33.18 cu in (543.8cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 4", magneto ignition, 1-speed, belt drive, 5...55 mph, $?, color Peerless steel grey, 43k 1911 poster.
   Peerless 4¹/₂ H.P., 1-cyl. IOE, 4¹/₂hp, ? cu in (?cc), bore ?, stroke ?, magneto ignition, 1-speed, belt drive, ? mph, $200, 233k 1912 poster, 196k photo, Illinois, 1915, with slightly different exhaust system. 1913 or late 1912?

Photos and data are from:
Author's archive.
eBay.
Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981 by Jerry Hatfield.
HiFi Archiv.

Thanks for help to Evgenii Pevzner (Moskva), motorcycle historian.

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Last updated 16 X 2024. Andrei Bogomolov. Contact Information.