The act of reviving historic British bike manufacturers from years passed by is alive and kicking as we head into 2026, because the model Phelon & Moore launches its vary.
The model formally relaunched in 2022, though it wasn’t till EICMA 2025 that the general public received an opportunity to see the brand new mannequin vary in full. And it’s a reasonably complete vary of bikes the revived model has gone dwell with, masking cruisers, journey tourers, scooters and a number of retro nakeds are additionally on the way in which.
Who was Phelon & Moore, and what did they construct?
A Phelon & Moore at EICMA
Phelon & Moore was operational between 1902 and 1967, and was based by Joah Carver Phelon and Richard Moore, and was situated within the Yorkshire city of Cleckheaton. Over the course of the years, the manufacturing unit churned out four-stroke and two-stroke fashions, even constructing some race bikes that took on the Isle of Man TT. Its most well-known mannequin, although, was the Panther, which was first launched within the Nineteen Twenties and continued to be in-built varied types and capacities proper up till the manufacturing unit closed its doorways.
A Phelon & Moore 1902 prototype
In 2022, the model was picked up by “passionate traders”, in response to the P&M web site, who’ve “long-term expertise in bikes and scooters design, manufacturing and distribution”. With the brand new group now on the helm, P&M is trying to get in on the premium two-wheeled sector, constructing bikes “impressed on [sic] the colorful historical past of Phelon & Moore” for the worldwide market.
A little bit of digging on the brand new house owners reveals two folks displaying as firm administrators, each American nationals, considered one of whom is a former motocross rider who states he has “25 years” expertise within the phase.
The Phelon & Moore vary
Capetown 7S, Capetown 7X and Capetown 7X by Pinninfarina
The Phelom and Moore Capetown 7S
Beginning on the prime quality, three journey bikes appear to be on the way in which from the model, within the type of the Capetown 7S and the extra rugged Capetown 7X with spoked wheels. They’re joined by a trick-looking Capetown 7X Pinninfarina editions, which positive factors unique paint in addition to panniers and a high field.
The Phelon & Moore Capetown 7X by Pinninfarina
The three bikes share a 693cc parallel twin-cylinder engine, which is claimed to provide 73bhp and 50 lb ft of torque. It’s not listed wherever on the P&M web site as to the place the engine has come from, so it’s not clear if that is one adjustable display. of the model’s personal engines, designed and manufactured in-house, or if there’s a greater model behind the oily bits of the bikes.
The Phelon & Moore Pininfarina
Away from the engine, all three bikes boast a TFT sprint, heated grips, traction management, and a entrance dashcam. Chassis tools comes within the type of adjustable suspension at each ends, 320mm discs and and four-piston calipers on the entrance, and a 240kg kerb weight.
Panther C and Panther S
The Phelon & Moore Panther C
The vary fairly rightly incorporates a bike named after P&M’s longest-running fashions, the Panther. In fashionable kind, although, the bike takes on a customized cruiser look. The C is the extra classically styled cruiser of the 2, that includes lashings of chrome, a twin seat and high-set handlebars. It’s completed with a paint scheme that jogs my memory of the Yamaha XV535 Virago from the mid-Nineteen Nineties.
The Phelon & Moore Panther S
The S mannequin takes on a moodier aesthetic, with blacked-out coatings on the engine and bodywork. It additionally options lower-set bars, bar-end mirrors, and a a lot smaller (nearly non-existent) pillion seat.
Powering each bikes is a 573cc liquid-cooled V-twin, which is said to provide 53bhp and 35.7 lb ft of torque. The entire weight for the Panther C is 249kg with the gasoline tank brimmed.
Panthette S and Panthette X
The Phelon & Moore Panthette S
Two new scoots shall be arriving from the model, within the type of the city-dwelling Panthette S and the extra rugged Panthette X. They arrive in 125cc air-cooled and liquid-cooled types, in addition to a barely punchier 200cc possibility for A2 riders. The air-cooled 125 makes 9bhp and seven.2 lb ft, whereas the liquid-cooled model makes 11.5bhp and eight.8 lb ft. The 200 model makes 17bhp and 11 lb ft.
The Phelon & Moore Panthette X
With the S wanting each inch the town clicker that it’s, the X mannequin is a bit of quirkier. It’s wanting money in on the ADV scooter phase, in seems and styling, at the very least. Just like the S mannequin, it is available in three flavours, 125cc, 200cc, and 300cc. The 125 makes a claimed 11.5bhp and eight.6 lb ft, whereas the 200 makes 16bhp and 17.7 lb ft. The highest-spec 300 possibility is claimed to make solely barely extra peak energy than the 200, with 17bhp quoted and 18.4 lb ft.
Brighton 6 Roadster, Brighton 6 Scrambler, and Brighton 125
The Phelon & Moore Brighton 6 Roadster
Listed on the web site as ‘Preview’ fashions are three retro nakeds, two powered by a 550cc 58bhp and 40.5 lb ft parallel twin, and one, the Brighton 125, powered by a 124.2cc 14bhp and eight.5 lb ft water-cooled single.
The Phelon & Moore Brighton 6 Scrambler
Every bike is a sensibly styled retro bare. They’re restrained sufficient as to not look whacky, whereas they don’t appear to be aping any present fashions available in the market. The styling of the Scrambler is boosted properly by the addition of intricate-looking cross-laced spoked wheels and a neat matt-finished paint scheme.
Pricing for every of the brand new fashions is on the time of writing TBC.
The Phelon & Moore Brighton 125
Whereas the relaunch of one other British bike model is a welcome transfer for the business, query marks nonetheless cling of sure components of the bikes. The engines, as an example, with out understanding if they’ve been developed in-house, or purchased from an present model in China or India, may make ti arduous to justify P&M’s premium aspirations – and the value tag these aspirations could deliver.
You may take a look at the complete vary and discover out extra concerning the model on the official web site.
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