Right from the word "Go" Sunbeam riders had many successes in large numbers of events, both at home and abroad. What follows is a list of some of their achievements in better known events:

The pre War years

In 1912 two Sunbeam machines entered, and successfully completed the A.C.U. Reliability Trial. At the end of the year, two Sunbeam machines entered the London-Exeter-London Trial and each won a gold medal. The following year Sunbeam won the Premier Solo Award in the A.C.U. Six Days Reliability Trial.

1914

Seven Sunbeam riders won gold and silver medals in the Midland Reliability Trial. The team included Tommy de la Hay, John Greenwood, Vernon Busby, Charlie Nokes, and Joe Dudley. During the same year Charlie Nokes, Moffett, G. Barnard, and Tommy de la Hay successfully completed the A.C.U. English Six Days Trial, and Nokes won a gold medal in the A.C.U. Scottish Six days Trial.

Other successes were achieved by Vernon Busby and Howard Davies who won almost every event in the Essex Motor Cycle Trials. Howard Davies went on to win the Godiva Golden Goblet in the Coventry & Warwickshire Trial. The Sunbeam team riders including George Dance were extremely successful in the Style Cop Hill Climb, winning no less than 9 gold medals.

Sunbeam riders also had successes abroad, including winning the Western Australia T.T., and the Five Days Sydney to Melbourne Trial.

All events came to an end during the war, and didn't start again until the war had ended.

After the war

Four classes in one of Birmingham Motor Cycle Club’s hill climbs at Style Cop in 1919 were won by George Dance, who attended a second meeting in October, and won 7 of the 15 classes.

1920

Sunbeam riders had many successes that year including:

1921

George Dance made a series of superb runs at Brooklands. In the 350 c.c. class he set a new record at 82.25 m.p.h. in the Flying Kilometre, and achieved 82.19 m.p.h. in the Flying Mile. In the 500 c.c. class he achieved 93.99 m.p.h. in the Flying Kilometre, 87.35 m.p.h. in the Flying 5 Miles, and 82.69 m.p.h. in the Standing 10 miles.

In the Motor Cycle Grand Prix. Sunbeams finished in 1st and 2nd places. Other wins included the French Grand Prix, the Italian T.T., and the Midland Cup.

Wins by Sunbeam riders included the French Grand Prix, the Italian T.T., the Austrian Senior T.T., the Championship of Italy, 500 c.c., and the Midland Cup.

1923

Successes included the Manx Amateur Road Race, the Austrian Senior T.T., and the Midland Cup.

1924

During the year Sunbeam riders won the Hungarian Senior T.T., the Durban – Johannesburg 396 Miles Road Race, the French 24 hours Bol d’Or, the Manx Amateur Road Race, the Swiss Grand Prix and the Midland Cup.

This was an extremely successful year for Sunbeam riders, whose many achievements included:

In the Colmore Cup Trial, G. W. Walker won the Watson Shield, Alan Watson won the Hassall Cup, N. P. O. Bradley won the Carless Cup, R. G. Beesley won a special Gold Medal for his sidecar performance, George Dance won a special Gold Medal for his solo performance, and Gold medals were won by Graham Goodman and Harold Fearnside.

In the Scottish Six Days Trial, 2 silver cups were won for 100 percent efficiency, and a special prize for the best amateur sidecar performance.

The 500 c.c. class in the Irish 25 Miles National Championship was won on a 3½ hp. Sunbeam.

In the Barrow Open Speed Trials, Sunbeam riders won 5 firsts and 6 seconds, including the fastest time of the day, both solo and sidecar.

The 500 c.c. class in the Circuit of Padova in Italy was won on a 3½ hp. Sunbeam.

The fastest time of the day in the Gugger Hill Climb in Hungary was won on a 3½ hp. Sunbeam. Another 3½ hp. Sunbeam won the 500 c.c. and 750 c.c. races in the Czechoslovakian T.T.

In the Italian T.T. a Sunbeam machine came second in the 500 c.c. class.

The Sunbeam team won 4 Gold Medals, the Manufacturers’ Team Prize, and the Exhibition Medal in the International Six Days Trial.

Other Sunbeam wins included:

Sunbeam riders won the following events:

This was another successful competitive year for Sunbeam riders. The works team continued to be as prominent as ever, thanks in no small measure to their rising star, Charlie Dodson, who became a well-known personality in the motorcycle world.

Sunbeam's many successes for the year included the following: