North London Garage

WECook on NLG 2.7 ltr. (1909)

North London Garage , or NLG for short, was an English manufacturer that produced motorcycles with built-in engines from 1905 to 1912 .

NLG became famous for the first timed speed record for motorcycles on June 16, 1909 by William E. Cook on the Brooklands Railway . With a NLG powered by a Peugeot V - Twin engine with 944 cm³ displacement and belt drive , it reached 122.16 km / h. Also in 1909, Cook drove an NLG powered by a JAP V2 engine, an unofficial record of 144.8 km / h. The engine used with a displacement of 2714 cm³ is still considered the largest of its kind.

literature

• Klassik Motorrad 1/2018: Das Biest, pp. 8–17.

Web links

• NLG with Peugeot V-2 engine
• NLG with JAP record engine
• Replica of the record machine (youtube)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Erwin Tragatsch : All motorcycles, 1894 until today . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart. 4th edition 1981. ISBN 3-87943-410-7 , p. 325
2. ↑ ^{a b} L. JK Setright: The Guinness Book of Motorcycling. Facts and Feats. 1982, ISBN 0-85112-255-8 , p. 179