Originally based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, following the First World War manufacturing was moved to Coventry.

[1] Like Brough, Montgomery made use of the best proprietary components from other specialist companies and concentrated on the production of frames and forks in-house - and Montgomery supplied a number of frames and its own sprung fork to George Brough.

That extra degree of soundness – those little touches which distinguish the 'super' machine from the mere motorcycle, come naturally to the Montgomery and at a price that is amazingly low.

"[3] The first bike from Montgomery Motorcycles was a flat twin produced in 1913 with a Morton and Weaver engine.

[5] The entire Montgomery works was destroyed by fire in 1925[1] but were able to eventually recover and by 1930 were a leading producer of quality two-stroke and four-stroke motorcycles.