Clyno

This British manufacturer was founded in 1909 by cousins Frank and Ailwyn Smith, initially producing motorcycles from a workshop in Thrapston, Northamptonshire. The company's name derived from an "inclined pulley" design for belt-driven machines, which was shortened first to "clined" and then to its final form. In 1910 the business relocated to Wolverhampton after acquiring a factory from the Stevens Brothers, who had previously supplied it with engines. The firm…