Royal Artillery Motorcycle Display Team with motorcycles and developed the "Greeves Griffon". A change in the safety legislation meant the end of the Invacar, which had been the mainstay of the company (even at the peak of motorcycle production. Greeves still answered the telephone as "Invacar Limited") Greeves decided that it was time to retire from the business and he was soon followed by his cousin Derry Preston-Cobb. The company floundered in 1976 and after a fire at the factory were unable to resume production and went into receivership. Married twice with one daughter, Bert Greeves died on 15 July 1993. Honours Bert Greeves was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1972 New Year Honours, in recognition of the work he had done for the disabled through Invacar. References External links Picture of Bert Greeves 1906 births 1993 deaths British motorcycle pioneers Members of the Order of the British Empire