photography, motorcycle sport, Latvian motorcycle racer Edgars Ērmanis, Latvia, USSR, 50ties of 20th cent., 8.3 x 11.3 cm, Edgars Ērmanis (1918–1988) was an outstanding mid-20th-century Latvian motorcycle racer, engineer, and record-breaking motorcycle designer. He is best known for his speed records in the 1950s, riding racing machines he built himself. At a speed race held in Crimea on the Moscow–Simferopol highway, riding a custom-built 500 cc, 78-horsepower three-wheeled motorcycle, he reached a speed of 207.5 km/h over a five-kilometer distance, completing the run in less than a minute and a half. However, the USSR Motorcycle Federation was not a member of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) at the time, so the records were not officially recognized or registered worldwide. The legendary motorcyclist built his record-breaking motorcycle "EKE-1" in 1951/1952, using a pre-war German "BMW R51" motorcycle as its base.
| printed work form: | photography |
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| subject: | motorcycle sport |
| title: | Latvian motorcycle racer Edgars Ērmanis |
| country: | Latvia |
| country: | USSR |
| language: | latvian |
| period of impression: | 50ties of 20th cent. |
| dimensions: | 8.3 x 11.3 |
| additional information: | Edgars Ērmanis (1918–1988) was an outstanding mid-20th-century Latvian motorcycle racer, engineer, and record-breaking motorcycle designer. He is best known for his speed records in the 1950s, riding racing machines he built himself. At a speed race held in Crimea on the Moscow–Simferopol highway, riding a custom-built 500 cc, 78-horsepower three-wheeled motorcycle, he reached a speed of 207.5 km/h over a five-kilometer distance, completing the run in less than a minute and a half. However, the USSR Motorcycle Federation was not a member of the International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) at the time, so the records were not officially recognized or registered worldwide. The legendary motorcyclist built his record-breaking motorcycle "EKE-1" in 1951/1952, using a pre-war German "BMW R51" motorcycle as its base. |
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