Victor registrations

Sample Victor registrations

Here I list some Victor registration details, as reported in various Adelaide newspapers. Remarkable how many were about!

Note that the registration records are not perfect. On some occasions numbers are not reported, and some owners held on to their original numbers, in which case the same machine could appear more than once in the records. Of course this also means that some new motorcycles never appeared on the record at all. For more details of registrations in South Australia there is a separate article.

The "2 3/4" model is assumed to be the 293 cc JAP (Taylors were the JAP agent at the time); and the "3 1/2" probably the 500 cc JAP single. The 6 hp JAP Victor refers to the 770 c JAP V-twin used by many Australian assemblers at the time. The "2 1/4" model is possibly a 2-stroke: Emslie and Dove advertised a Victor Two Stroke "practically new" (perhaps 15178?) for sale in the Advertiser 26/6/1920.

13821	2 3/4 hp Victor	Register, 28/5/1919	A.R. Klaw 51 Ashbrook Ave North Norwood
13834	2 3/4 hp Victor	Register, 28/5/1919	W.V.T. Peek 12 Lanor Ave Goodwood Park
14131	2 3/4 hp Victor	Register, 9/7/1919	W.R. Evans Kooringa
14966	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 25/10/1919	Wilfred Towbridge Bean's Rd Thebarton
15070	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 1/11/1919	Samuel Perkin North Tce Adelaide
15075	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 1/11/1919	G.A. Giffen Charles St Forrestville
15104	2 3/4 hp Victor	Register, 5/11/1919	A.P. Davies Tutt Ave Kingswood
15178	2 1/4 hp Victor	Observer, 15/11/1919	H.E. Read Carrington St City
15269	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 22/11/1919	S.R. Jones Kangarilla
15398	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 13/12/1919	J.H. Dowling Ponsonby St West Hindmarsh
15893	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 7/2/1920	A. Kelly Orroroo
16329	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 20/3/1920	E.W. Joyce Port Pirie
16535	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 10/4/1920
16869	6 hp JAP Victor	Observer, 19/6/1920
17299	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 11/9/1920	H.W. Courtney Frederick St Clarence Park
17334	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 11/9/1920	C.K. Bassett North Parade Torrensville
17496	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 9/10/1920	J.H. Mellor Strangways Tce North Adelaide
17538	3 1/2 hp Victor	Observer, 23/10/1920
17755	2 3/4 hp Victor	Observer, 20/11/1920	Allen Pointon Curramulka

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