Ner-a-Car
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| Manufacturer | Sheffield-Simplex Co |
| Production years | 1925 |
| Production location | (unknown) |
Originated in the USA this motor cycle was built on monocar lines and embodies features patented by S A Neracher in 1919 and 1920.
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True except for the name! It was CARL A. Neracher.
If you want to see much more about these bikes, go to my website www.ner-a-car.co.uk
The bike in the photo on the right was built at Kingston on Thames, England, and is now part of the Science Museum collection at Wroughton.
— Ken Philp, website owner, and Ner-a-Car anorak!
Further to the details of the bike shown, it's a relatively late model, and as well as having the usual 2-stroke Ner-a-Car friction drive with 5 ratios, it has a chain-driven magneto and steel flywheel, rather than the brass flywheel magneto system that was fitted to earlier models. It SHOULD have a single gas light at the front and rear. The early bikes had a 4-volt lighting coil within the flywheel magneto system. ALL Ner-a-cars have hub-centre steering.
— Ken Philp
[edit] In the Science Museum's Records
Inv: 1934-499 Source: A A Snellgrove
This bike is part of our Biker Tribes feature, a planned special exhibition launching at the Science Museum during 2010. Your contributions to this page may be used in the exhibition. Explore all the motorbikes.