| 词条 | EMC Motorcycles | ||||||||||||
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| name = EMC Motorcycles | logo = EMC Logo.jpg | fate = Wound up | successor = | foundation = 1946 | defunct = 1977 | location = Isleworth, UK | industry = Manufacturing and engineering | key_people = Dr Joseph Ehrlich | products = Motorcycles | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = }}EMC Motorcycles or the Ehrlich Motor Co was a British motorcycle manufacturer. Based in Isleworth, the business was founded by Joseph Ehrlich who emigrated to the United Kingdom from Austria in the 1930s.[1] A specialist engine tuner, Joe Ehrlich made unique two-stroke motorcycles. EMC stopped mass production in 1952 but Ehrlich used his knowledge of German technology to re-engineer the DKW Rennsporte Ladempumpe production racers, which he developed as one-off EMC racing bikes and won several events over the next 25 years.[2]{{better source|date=May 2016|reason=original website quoted (now deadlinked) appears to be a WP:SPS (self-published source)}} The EMC 125 cc racer was considered among the fastest of its size in the early 1960s. Ehrlich left in 1967 and the company was wound up in 1977.[1] HistoryDr Joseph Ehrlich was a wealthy Austrian and keen motorcycle enthusiast who became the acknowledged authority on two-stroke single racing bikes. Ehrlich moved to the UK and set up EMC after the Second World War with a factory at Isleworth. Production focused on a 350 cc split single motorcycle based on German engineering using two cylinders and pistons with a common combustion chamber. One cylinder housed the exhaust ports and the other the transfer ports. EMC also imported Puch 125 cc split single, four-speed engines from Austria as there was nothing to compete in the UK market at the time.[2] Dr Ehrlich worked throughout his life to improve engine performance. In 1948 he built a three-cylinder motorcycle engine that was banned from racing circuits as "too powerful".[3] EMC racing motorcycles (and cars) were used by some of the leading riders, including Mike Hailwood who rode an EMC to fifth place in the 1962 125 cc world championship and won the 1962 Saar Grand Prix.[4][5]{{failed verification|date=May 2016}} From 1981, 250 cc EMC motorcycles won 4 Junior TTs at the Isle of Man and an EMC was the first 250 cc motorcycle to break the {{convert|110|mph}} lap record.[6] Ehrlich went on to develop Formula 3 racing cars and although he retired from EMC in 1967 his interest in racing motorcycles continued and he produced one-off 250 cc Rotax-engined bikes in the 1980s and his last competitive motorcycle in 1995 – when he was in his 80s.[7][8] Ehrlich's experience with early two-stroke designs led to work on the 'Environmental Engine' that had variable compression and variable capacity to improve emission and fuel consumption. Potentially the future of engine technology, Josef Ehrlich died in September 2003 aged 89 without seeing his engine designs developed commercially.[3] Models
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References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/britbikes/brit_e.html|title=EMC Motorcycles|accessdate=2008-07-05}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.iwvmcc.co.uk/news.php?active_page=&news_id=135 |title=Racing Split Single Two Stroke Motorcycles in Post War England |last=Hogan |first=Peter |date=2002-11-30 |accessdate=2008-07-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616174341/http://www.iwvmcc.co.uk/news.php?active_page=&news_id=135 |archivedate=16 June 2008 }}{{better source|date=May 2016|reason=SPS self published source}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.docscipark.com.au/ee_tech.html |title=History of EE technology |accessdate=2008-07-05 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718163336/http://www.docscipark.com.au/ee_tech.html |archivedate=18 July 2008 }} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1962/ARG/125cc/World+Standing|title=1962 125cc world championship standings|publisher=motogp.com|accessdate=2011-06-15}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=751&fArticleId=2814075|title=Works EMC bikes on the auction block|accessdate=2008-07-05}}{{failed verification|date=May 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/Machine-Analysis.aspx|title=TT Race analysis|accessdate=2008-07-05}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.f3history.co.uk/Manufacturers/Ehrlich/ehrlich.htm|title=Ehrlich EMC|accessdate=2008-07-05}} 8. ^{{cite book | last = Brown | first = Roland | title = Classic Motorcycles | publisher = Anness Publishing | date = 2002 | pages = 137 | isbn = 1-84038-433-6 }} External links
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