Ehrlich Motor Co
Erlich Motor Company of Park Royal, London
EMC were motorcycles produced from 1939 to 1953 and from 1983 to 1990. The company was owned by Dr Josef Ehrlich, an Austrian from Vienna
1939 Having arrived in the UK in 1937, Joe Ehrlich was, by now, testing a motorcycle that was fitted with his 240cc twin-piston, split single, two-stroke engine.
1947 After World War II he built a 345cc machine with Dowty Oleomatic front forks and a rigid frame.
1951 Ehrlich built a road racing model fitted with a 125cc Austrian Puch engine.
1952 A model was built with a 125cc JAP two-stroke. This was exhibited at Earls Court.
1953 The company was wound up and Ehrlich moved on to new fields, but remained involved with racing for many years.
1982 After a long gap, Erlich became involved with Waddon Performance Products and soon had their machine on form.
1983 The machine became an EMC, with a Rotax tandem-twin, two-stroke engine unit (made by Bombardier-Rotax GmbH). It won the Junior 250cc TT that year.
1984 and 1987. Both years saw further TT successes.
The make gradually slipped from favour as Honda and Yamaha motorcycles moved ahead.
See Also
Sources of Information
- The British Motorcycle Directory - Over 1,100 Marques from 1888 - by Roy Bacon and Ken Hallworth. Pub: The Crowood Press 2004 ISBN 1 86126 674 X
- [1] Ian Chadwick's motorcycle web site
- Miller’s Price Guide to Classic Motorcycles
- The Encyclopedia of the Motorcycle by Peter Henshaw. Published 2007. ISBN 978 1 8401 3967 9