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(Lell) Surprisingly. French
mar que Peu geot was the
first motorcycle
manu fact urer in the wor ld
to produ ce a tour- verve-percylin der parallel twin; the
year was 1913. Thi s 1922
SO ce Grand Prix racer Is
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that machi ne's two-valveper-cyli nder descendent,
and it raced with great
success aft er the First
World War.
(Below) The bik e was
found in a state of neg lect
several yea rs ago by Jean
Nougier (pictured) , himself
a designer of SOOce Grand
Prix bikes in the 1950s. and
restored to lts original
specificati ons for his
co llect ion .
(Below lell) Desp ite
eliminating valves from the
cylinder head on the bikes
built aft er W orl d War I. the
Peugeot was an advanced
mac hine for its day, proving
to have th e mea sure of its
contemporaries in both top
speed and handling·
hand ling that Its owner
says is roughly equivalent
to Brit ish road bike s of the
1950s.
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