MOTOR-CYCLE SPEED
ATTEMPT AT RECORD
(Received 11th May, S a.m.) ■ LONDON, 10th May. At. the invitation of. the Hungarian Automobile Club the Melbourne motorcyclists, B. A. Simcock and Alan Bruce have departed for Tat, near Budapest, with an All-British motor-cycle built in. four months, with a supercharged 8-horse-po\\ - e.v engine, and a carburettor, as used in omnibuses, giving four miles to the gallon, to attack J. S. Wright's world record of 150.74 miles an hour. They hope to attain 175 miles per hour ou a straight tenmile section on the Vienna-Budapest road. The Melbourne engineer, P. E. Irving, who streamlined the machine, has named it after Scgrave's Golden Arrow. Simcock wears a -streamlined crash helmet, enabling him to tura his head when speeding.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 109, 11 May 1931, Page 9
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123MOTOR-CYCLE SPEED Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 109, 11 May 1931, Page 9
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