It’s a 5-cylinder, 640cc radial—which turned into reportedly effective sufficient for top speeds of among 85 and one hundred forty kph (88mph), depending on model and yr. The engine had fantastic torque, which intended that gears were now not required. It didn’t have a snatch, both: to start the bike, you put it on its stand and spun the front wheel until the engine fired up.
‘Megola’ is a portmanteau emblem call—almost—derived from designers Meixner, Cockerell, and Landgraf. Unfortunately, their bike endeavours were brief-lived, lasting just four years from 1921 and 1925. Some years later, there has been an try and resurrect the the front-engined concept, with the Killinger and Freund. However that’s any other story.
More Megola history on visual Gratification, one of the extra considerate motorcycling blogs obtainable. Picture via Mr. Kimberly.
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