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Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes .
The Crocker Motorcycle Company is an American manufacturer, based in Los Angeles, California, founded by Albert Crocker.Located at 1346 Venice Blvd, Crocker produced a series of kits and whole motorcycles between 1931 and 1941: an overhead-valve conversion kit for the Indian 101 Scout motor (1932), a single-cylinder speedway racer (1934), powerful V-twin road motorcycles (1936–40), and the ...
ESO was founded by a motorcycle racing driver Jaroslav Simandl, and made bikes in 250, 350, and 500 cc, primarily for speedway, moto-cross and ice racing. [1] [2] Engines were sourced from J.A.P. during the first year, and then an engine of ESO's own after 1950, first copied from J.A.P. and later of their own design. [3]
In the 1990s, JAWA Speedway bikes were successful, while the Jawa company has struggled. As of 2006, the JAWA mostly produced bikes similar to Honda 250, 125, and 50 cc motorcycles and a large bike with a 650 cc Rotax engine (this engine can be also found in BMW F650 series). Production of motorcycles with smaller volumes has been gradually ...
The bikes bear a passing resemblance to those used for speedway, but have a longer wheelbase and a more rigid frame. As with speedway, the bikes do not have brakes. The sport is divided into classes for full-rubber and studded tyres. The studded tyre category involves competitors riding on bikes with spikes up to 3 centimetres in length screwed ...
Ice speedway racing includes a motorcycle class which is the equivalent of Speedway on ice. Bikes race anti-clockwise around oval tracks between 260 and 425 metres in length. The race structure and scoring is similar to Speedway. The sport is divided into classes for full-rubber and studded tyres. The studded tyre category involves competitors ...
On August 6, 2015, the daredevil stunt performer Doug Danger [22] at the Sturgis Bike Rally at the Buffalo Chip, broke Knievel's record for most cars jumped on a XR-750 with 22 cars. Knievel attempted this feat of 22 cars in Monroe, Washington on September 1, 1972, and cleared 21 cars but landed on the safety deck covering the 22nd car.
From 1903 to 1908 complete motorcycles were produced [8] from the development of the first overhead valve motorcycle engine to be produced in the UK. [9]After that the factory concentrated on supplying its engines to other manufacturers, including Brough Superior, [10] Triumph Motorcycles, [11] A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, Enfield Cycle Co, Hazlewoods Limited, Zenith Motorcycles, Grindlay Peerless ...