1914/01/13 Brooklands Record Attempts

Note: This is a sub-section of 1914 Brooklands Calendar

'Riding a twin-cylinder A.B.C. motor cycle at Brooklands yesterday, Mr. J. L. Emerson beat the flying kilometre 11091 yards) and dying mile records in the 500 cc. and 750 cc. classes, his time for the former distance being 27.8 sec., or 80.4 m.p.h. and for the latter 2446 sec, giving a speed of 78.26 m.p.h. The performance was rendered more noteworthy on account of the fact that the machine had been entirely constructed at the motordrome, and also because it was the first occasion on which records have been beaten by a motor cycle fitted with a streamline device. This was designed on a similar principle to that employed recently by the French racing pedal-cyclist M. Berthet, though greatly modified, being only a streamline tail continuing the shape of the rider from the waist, whereas in the case of M. Berthet the rider was completely enclosed. The previous record speeds were 78.22 m.p.h for the kilometre, and 76.69 m.p.h. for the mile, accomplished by Mr. D. Stanley on a single-cylinder Singer.'

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