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Post by Administrator on May 22, 2009 16:47:07 GMT
Does anyone have any knowledge of claims by pioneer Crystal Palace and Stamford Bridge rider Bill Bragg into the early development of the JAP speedway bike engine? The period obviously would have been the early 1930s.
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Post by mrsgustix on May 25, 2009 11:51:14 GMT
Does anyone have any knowledge of claims by pioneer Crystal Palace and Stamford Bridge rider Bill Bragg into the early development of the JAP speedway bike engine? The period obviously would have been the early 1930s. I think an injury ended Bill Bragg's racing career. He later had a garage somewhere in south London. Don't know anything about him other than that. |
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Post by tungate on May 26, 2009 10:35:06 GMT
I couldnt find any mention in Stenners write-up on the history of the J A P engine by Stanley M Greening but as others have said on forums the write-up I referred to was by an employee of J A P so that would have meant "do not mention Bill Bragg at any cost". "Just because he is not mentioned doesn't mean he wasn't involved in some way" as the old saying has it.
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Post by whacker on Feb 28, 2013 20:55:57 GMT
As a youngster I briefly met Bill Bragg in 1956 in Surbiton whilst he was working for a guy involved in London/Brighton vintage Bike Runs.
Bill was resident mechanic maintaining two bikes, one of which I recall being a belt driven Sunbeam.
He chatted about his involvement with designing the "Speedway Bike" with JAP, backing his story up with newspaper cuttings
he had saved over the years.
Bill was well into retirement age when I met him and struck me as a proud man who didn't get the deserved credit in the development of this engine
from whacker
(new member)
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Post by Administrator on Feb 28, 2013 22:45:26 GMT
Yes, it was disgraceful the way Bill Bragg was treated originally in regard to his involvement with the design of the JAP speedway engine. More recent historians though have started to place credit on him for his work. There's quite a lot of comments that can be found by doing a Google search - try Bill Bragg JAP engine. That might produce some sites to have a look at.
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Post by 2crossedhammers on Mar 12, 2013 10:51:55 GMT
As a youngster I briefly met Bill Bragg in 1956 in Surbiton whilst he was working for a guy involved in London/Brighton vintage Bike Runs. Bill was resident mechanic maintaining two bikes, one of which I recall being a belt driven Sunbeam. He chatted about his involvement with designing the "Speedway Bike" with JAP, backing his story up with newspaper cuttings he had saved over the years. Bill was well into retirement age when I met him and struck me as a proud man who didn't get the deserved credit in the development of this engine from whacker
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Post by 2crossedhammers on Mar 12, 2013 10:55:07 GMT
I think that Bill Bragg had a garage in Brixton, South London, before and after the 1939-40 war years. Looking at the early years speedway results he seems to have been a fairly good rider. It is indeed a shame how badly appears to have been treated in regard to the development of the JAP speedway engine. perhaps he was too trusting of others?
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Post by Administrator on Mar 14, 2013 19:18:48 GMT
I think that Bill Bragg had a graage in Brixton, South London, before and after the 1939-40 war years. Looking at the early years speedway results he seems to have been a fairly rider. It is indeed a shame how badly appears to have been treated in regard to the development of the JAP speedway engine. perhaps he was too trusting of others? This link gives comment on Stamford Bridge and Crystal Palace 1929 rider Bill Bragg's initial involvement with the development of the JAP speedway engine. www.500race.org/Marques/JAP.htm |
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Post by toadys4 on Jan 15, 2017 13:02:31 GMT
1929 Stamford Bridge rider Bill Bragg who made claims in regard to the development of the JAP speedway engine.Attachments:
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