1902, England

Bradbury's earliest documented motor cycle production dates to 1902 when a bicycle type machine fitted with a 1¾ h.p. Minerva Clip-on engine was produced. However in 1903 the Company started producing motor cycles under Birch's patent whereby the frame was brazed into the crank case a 2 h.p. and 2¾ h.p. versions were produced. In December of that year the Company was advertising the Peerless Motor Cycle.
In 1904 the Company was promoting a new 2½ h.p. motor cycle with Vertical Engine, special frame and new exhaust lifter. The following year the Peerless won the 1000 mile reliability trials. It featured a diamond frame built into the engine case, vertical engine made at Oldham, giving light weight with great strength, a new style of Contact Breaker, Large Tank, Long Bearings of Phosphor Bronze.

Between 1904 and 1907 there was a general slump in the British motor cycle industry but in 1909 the New Bradbury 3½ h.p. motor cycle, priced at £46, was being advertised as 'the finest hill climber (power for power) ever made' and by 1910 Bradbury Motor Cycles had been awarded more than 300 First prizes including 18 Gold Medals. Bradbury motor cycles took part in and won many races, these were not the circuit races we have today, but hill climbs or endurance events over rough ground. Many of the machines used had side cars and it has to be remembered the motor car was still very much in its infancy and it was the motor cycle and side car that was the affordable and versatile form of transport.