CyberJack -- I cannot thank you enough for being able to identify such an old mower. That picture is awesome too!
I have to agree with aussietrev on the machine/press.

I have just discovered something to do with wheels. On TradeMe (our auction site), there is a rare "Ryko SpeedieScooter", which looks really neat and is actually quite tempting, but the thing that stood out were its wheels. They have the same small round pins and same shaped wheel bushings as a set of wheels that I have! They're even the same colour - white. Therefore I believe that I have a set of original wheels for a Speediescythe! If that's the case, we can now identify the wheel colour as being white.

On the left is a masport wheel that the mower came with, and on the right is what I presume to be - a speediescythe wheel. It has a very similar bracket on the back, too.

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I just discovered an old advertisement on the web from an old newspaper in wellington, printed in 1960. There are a few things to look at here:

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Looking at the list of models that were up for sale, I believe mine falls under "16in. SPEEDIESCYTHE ROTARY 2-STROKE", as it is the only 16" speediescythe, with only one engine option.

Also notice all of the other models that were available - an 18" with a 2 or a 4 stroke as an option. I presume the 4 stroke option would have been a Briggs 6BH, which as you may know were a 2HP built in the late 50s, before the standard 60000 and 80000 models.

Would the reel mower pictured be an early lawnmaster?

But it was this second article that got me excited!

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The handle bars are identical to the ones that I have on the speediescythe. These are brown in colour with red hand grips.

The mower on the picture is likely the advertised 14" model. The guy I purchased the speediescythe has this mower also!! It's got wooden front rollers and some type of 2 stroke engine. I plan to purchase this if it is still available. Maybe it's closer to being the first rotary mower here in New Zealand?? If I were to purchase the mower i'm sure it would further develop everybody's knowledge of the ryko brand.

The speediescythe has the first stage of the 3 step primer now applied. I can't afford to let it rust any further!!

-Jack