Trump (motorcycle manufacturer)
Trump was an English motorcycle manufacturer in Weybridge ( Surrey ), later in Birmingham , which existed from 1906 to 1923.
History and technology
The founders were Angus Maitland and Frank McNab, who used built-in engines from JAP , Anzani and later also two-stroke engines (PeCo) for their one- and two-cylinder motorcycles - mainly models developed for racing. The proximity to Brooklands allowed development on the racetrack. In 1909 McNab set an hour record on a single-cylinder Trump with 48 miles . The racing driver Gwenda Hawkes broke the 24-hour record in 1922, also on a Trump-JAP. Production ceased in the second half of World War I and later resumed in Birmingham until the end.
literature
- Paul Collins: British Motorcycle Brands. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart. 1st edition 2000, ISBN 3-613-02036-X .
- Erwin Tragatsch : The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles. Chartwell Books, Secaucus 1986, ISBN 0-89009-868-9 .
- Hugo Wilson: The Lexicon of the Motorcycle. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Collins: 129.
- ^ Hugo Wilson: p. 231.
- ↑ Erwin Tragatsch: p. 287.
- ↑ realclassic.co.uk Trump-JAP (as of January 8, 2017)
- ↑ Erwin Tragatsch: p. 287.
- ↑ Gwenda Hawkes (as of January 8, 2017)
- ^ Paul Collins: 129.