September 25th
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot born this day. In 1771 he was convicted of dangerous driving when he ran into a wall with his steam tricycle in Paris.
Cugnot Steam Tricycle
The Motocycle-Club de France organised a race called the International Cup in Dourdan, south-west of Paris, on September 25, 1904.
First Motorcycle Race?
Martin Stolle died this day at 96 years of age.
Stolle, the driving force behind BMW, designed the flat-twin engine which has remained, with numerous developments, as the mainstay of the BMW fleet for over a century.
Martin Stolle
Rocky Robinson took a new record at Bonneville on a 2.6 litre streamliner - 605.697 kph.
Motorcycle Land Speed Records