John Kemp Stanley By davidgaudreaugosselin199 1854 birth 1872 moved to his uncle and worked on the Ariel cycles 1876 John Kemp Starley married 1877 opened his company 1885 realized first rover safety bike 1889 the company became J. K. Starley and Co. 1890 the company became the rover cycles company ltd. 1901 Harry smith became the new manager of the company 1901 death at 46 years of age 1902 the company started doing motorcycles and cars