William Barnsley was a bedstead manufacturer, based at Highfields in Bilston. He built about a dozen motorcycles and completed the first one in the late 1890's. He claimed to have been the first person to mount an engine within the frame. But there is no evidence to support the claim.

Mr. Charles Richards founded the Beau Ideal Cycle company in about 1890. The factory was in Frederick Street, Heath Town, and the showrooms were at Gresham Chambers in Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton. The business became very successful, and in 1904, at the Stanley Show, he exhibited three motorcycles. They were powered by 3.5h.p. German Fafnir engines, and were single speed, fixed gear machines, with the rider's controls on the right-hand side of the handlebars. Only a few were made, after which the company decided to concentrate on bicycle manufacture.

The company also planned to produce a tricar, but it is not known if any where actually built.

If so it is the only known survivor.

During the early 1920s, John Ireland produced a number of motorcycles at his garage in Wolverhampton. His 'Bluebird' machines were powered by V twin J.A.P. engines.