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2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England
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Drawing inspiration from England’s oldest independently owned automobile manufacturer, The Morgan Motor Company, the new Pashley-Morgan city bikes blend the speedy looks of the Morgan 3 with the bicycle brand’s classic British styling. The two-model rolling project will continue as long as there’s demand, and based on the looks, we suspect that may be for a good long while.

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

The frames are made in Pashley’s Stratford-upon-Avon factory using fillet brazed Reynolds 631 steel tubing. They get a curved top tube, frame mounted race plate, S-bend seatstays and track ends with a stainless steel face.

2019 Pashley Morgan 8 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

The top-end Pashley-Morgan 8 gets a gray paint scheme with the swept handlebars flipped to give it a racier look. Up front is a dome headlamp…

2019 Pashley Morgan 8 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

2019 Pashley Morgan 8 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

…powered by a Shimano Nexus dynamo hub. Wiring runs inside the fork leg and pops out of the crown to keep this bike looking properly dapper. Accents like the axle wing nuts are what really make this bike shine.

2019 Pashley Morgan 8 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

The P-M 8 is driving by a Sturmey Archer crankset mated to a Shimano Nexus 8-speed internally geared hub.

2019 Pashley Morgan 8 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

Wood mini-fenders front and rear come in black and are matched to the leather saddle and custom sewn black leather grips with polished end caps.

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

The Pashley-Morgan 3 comes with a Sturmey Archer 3-speed hub and a traditional British racing green color, lighter wood and matching leather accessories.

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

It also gets a dome headlamp, this time powered by a Sturmey Archer dynamo front hub.

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

The Morgan Motor Company was founded in 1909. While this Morgan 3 Wheeler looks retro, in fact it was introduced in 2011, albeit as a modern homage to long history of making reverse trike three-wheeled vehicles. This one gets a V-Twin engine with claimed 0-60 times of 6 to 7 seconds depending on model, with a top speed of 115mph. Curb weight is as low as 585kg (1,290lb), giving it an excellent power to weight ratio. It’s purpose? Plain and simple, to make driving fun again. And these bikes? Why, their simple build and functional components should make riding to and fro quite fun, too.

2019 Pashley Morgan 3 cafe racer city commuter bicycle inspired by the Morgan automobile from England

The Pashley-Morgan 3 will retail for £1,495, and the P-Morgan 8 for £1,595. Order now, they’re going into production in September. The bikes will be available through Morgan dealerships, their website and select Pashley dealers.

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JBikes
JBikes
5 years ago

Morgan….please please please add a side mount bike carrier off the back-end passenger side to combine the two (bike running parallel to car)

The 3 wheeler is my favorite vehicle. So wish I could afford one.

Opus
Opus
5 years ago

Those welds???? The paint can’t hide the sloppiness.

Craig
Craig
5 years ago
Reply to  Opus

That’s not sloppiness, it’s quite normal, and actually very tidy, for unfiled brazing.

Eric
Eric
5 years ago

That looks TIG welded, not brazed (and not particularly tidy). Was it really done in the UK?

Craig
Craig
5 years ago
Reply to  Eric

It doesn’t appear tig welded, too big for tig welds on bicycle frame tube tubing. It’s more like unfiled brazing. Curtlo cycles and the defunct Gecko cycles builds the same way as does Brompton I believe. Unfiled brazing is not common in the bike industry so is often confused for rough tig welding although unfiled Brompton welds are beautifully done.

Corky McButterpants
Corky McButterpants
5 years ago

Love the look of the PM-8 — but those ‘mudguards’ are both aesthetically questionable & functionally useless!

morethancurious
morethancurious
4 years ago

Ordered an 8

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