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friday:
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cardan:
Interesting article.

"There never was a Rudge-Crocker..." but Crocker had clearly studied the Rudge engine: the Crocker single is by no means a copy of the Rudge, but it has the same general layout, features and look.

The rise of the JAP engine for speedway/dirt track was meteoric. Through the 1930 season in England the Rudge won more-or-less everything of importance, but after the first few meets of 1931 even the top Rudge riders were fitting JAP engines to their machines. Even the very special Works Rudge engines couldn't compete. My guess would be that even the hand-built single cylinder Crockers had trouble keeping up with the "standard" DT JAP engine.

Leon

friday:
A 'Rudge-Crocker' would be a Rudge frame and a Crocker engine combination = never existed.
A search on the net will show 'Rudge-Crocker' examples at the auction houses, which is where and why they exist. MONEY!

The design of the Crocker is certainly based on British engines. It made sense to take a close look at Brit bikes.   
Charles Franklin designs were based on British bikes. He died in 1932 and Indian had no one to design anything.

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