David Spencer is credited with making the first Queensland-made motorcycle, most likely the first to be wholly made in Australia. After making his first engine in 1903 at the Ipswich Railway Workshops, it is believed he produced at least ten motorcycles between 1905 and 1910.
In the early days of motorcycling most Australian manufacturers assembled parts supplied from overseas. Not David Spencer. He made his own cedar and bronze patterns for the casting of engine and frame components. He even stamped his name onto many of these.
Learn the history of David and his incredible creation.
https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/learn-and-discover/queensland-stories/spencer-motorcycle
