Verdel racing machine
The Verdel racing machine (1912) was a racing motorcycle made by the French manufacturer Verdel . It was built specifically to achieve speed records and was the first motorcycle with a 5-cylinder radial engine .
History and technology
Verdel, owner of a Peugeot branch in northern France, developed this racing motorcycle in 1912. All documents about Verdel and record drives with the motorcycle were lost in the First and Second World Wars . If the unique specimen had not been preserved, nothing would be known about this motorcycle. By fortunate circumstances, the motorcycle came into the possession of Sammy Miller, who restored it ready to drive and integrated it into his motorcycle museum as an exhibition highlight. The few technical data of the racing motorcycle without brakes are: 750 cc five-cylinder radial engine with bumpers and rocker arms and chain drive on the rear wheel. The maximum speed measured in 2006 was over 80 mph (~ 128 km / h).
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Roy Poynting: The Sammy Miller Museum Collection. 2009, ISBN 978-0-9555278-0-7 , p. 119
