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Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September 1888 – 13 August 1971) was an English engineer who founded Bentley in London.He was a motorcycle and car racer as a young man. After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft and automobile engines, Bentley established his own firm in 1919.
The first Bentley aluminium pistons were fitted to Sopwith Camel aero engines during the First World War. The same day that the Paris Peace Conference to end World War I started, Walter Owen ("W.O.") Bentley founded Bentley Motors Limited, on 18 January 1919 [18] and registered Bentley Motors Ltd. in
Berliner Motor Corporation was the US distributor from the 1950s through the 1980s for several European motorcycle marques, including Ducati, J-Be, [5] Matchless, Moto Guzzi, Norton, Sachs and Zündapp, as well as selling Metzeler tires.
The first ethanol flex fuel motorcycle in the world was launched to the Brazilian market by Honda in March 2009, the CG 150 Titan Mix [44] [45] During the first eight months after its market launch the CG 150 Titan Mix had captured a 10.6% market share, and ranking second in sales of new motorcycles in the Brazilian market in 2009. [46]
In 2016, Cycle Gear and RevZilla, two of America's largest motorcycle parts and accessories aftermarket retailers, merged under Comoto Holdings valued between 400-500 million dollars. [7] Cycle Gear was a California-based company founded in 1974 by David Bertram, the CEO at its acquisition.
Tarso Marques Concept (TMC) (Founded by Tarso Marques, former Formula 1 pilot; specialized in custom jobs) [43] [44] (2004–2017) Troller (Owned By Ford in Horizonte Ceará) (1998–2021) since 2024 resold and absorved by a Consortium of three manufactures; Vemag-DKW (Vemag was acquired by Volkswagen do Brasil in 1967.)
BMW began production of motorcycle engines and then motorcycles after World War I. [47] Its motorcycle brand is now known as BMW Motorrad. Their first successful motorcycle after the failed Helios and Flink, was the " R32 " in 1923, though production originally began in 1921. [ 48 ]
John Penton (born August 19, 1925) [1] is an American professional motorcycle racer and entrepreneur who developed an enduro motorcycle brand that bore his name. [1] [2] A national champion enduro rider, he was an influential figure in the development of off-road motorcycle racing in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. [1]