Welcome!

Sunbeam motorcycles

Why not have a look at what is planned for 2012

(details here:- 2012 Events Page )

Welcome to the website for the Marston Sunbeam Club & Register. Like one of our ancient engines, we've kickstarted the site into life and it's now ticking over ready for the coming seasons and beyond. There will be the need for some fettling as we go along to bring it up to scratch but we are now motoring on the world wide web's information super-highway! One hand firmly over the front brake lever!!

About the Club

What are Marston Sunbeams?

The club, as with the register before it, caters for all Wolverhampton-made machines plus those from the brief period between 1937-43 when the company was acquired by Associated Motor Cycles of London (AMC) who continued to build Sunbeam cycles and motorcycles, the latter from Wolverhampton-made parts as well as a range of their own models very much in the vein of their Marston predecessors. Sale of the Sunbeam name to BSA in 1943 effectively ended the Marston Sunbeam lineage and owners of post-war Sunbeam motorcycles will need to look to the separate Sunbeam Owners Fellowship as the club for their marque.

But that's far from the end of the story! Marston Sunbeams, with their hand-built quality and pedigree of sporting achievements have been held in high regard by the vintage motorcycle and cycle fraternities who continue to keep Sunbeams running for all to enjoy.

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From Register to Club & Register

The Marston Sunbeam Register commenced with the backing of Marston Palmer, the successor to John Marston's original company. Staff voluntarily put in time and effort to set up and run the register and complete the restoration of the Marston collection of machines. The collection is now housed at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley in the UK where they are regularly run around the museum site. And that's very much what we are about at the club - supporting owners in getting together and keeping their machines running whilst allowing the public a chance to see - and in the case of the motorcycles to hear! - these fine machines.

Please 'bookmark' the site and visit us as we progress.

Better still, join the club,(details here:- Membership ) come and participate in its events and share with us your stories, machine histories, technical tips and advice. The website and club magazine will be all the more interesting for it.

Keep on 'Beaming!