Tandon Motorcycles

[1] The simplicity of the initial Tandon design reflected the chosen export market where the two-stroke engined motorcycles were to be sent CKD (Completely Knocked Down) for assembly abroad.

Tandon received great publicity when Pandit Nehru, the prime minister of India, was photographed astride a Milemaster while visiting Caxton Hall in 1948.

[2] Sufficient sales enabled Tandon to move to larger premises within Watford from Bushey Hall Road to Colne Way and introduce the larger-engined 197 cc Superglid Supreme.

These and the new 99 cc Starlett scooter could not stop Tandon Motors Limited being wound-up in 1955 by the United Kingdom Commissioners of Custom & Excise, their sales hampered by a dealer network not extending outside London.

[1] Despite the Milemaster design and manufacture having shown "a good deal of thought",[4] Tandon motorcycles suffered from a poor reputation, enjoying only limited popularity.