Crocker Motorcycles

The Crocker Motorcycle Company was an American manufacturer of single-cylinder speedway racing motorcycles from 1933 and of powerful V-twin road motorcycles from 1936.

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America - Speedway - Motorcycle - V-twin

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All Crockers were manufactured to order. About 40 speedway motorcycles were produced. The largest of the V-twins had a 91 cubic inch engine (about 1491 cc), and was the largest-capacity "production" motorcycle until the Yamaha XV1600A took the title in 1998. When production ceased in 1942, about 100 of the V-twins had been produced in all, with total production of all models throughout the company's history less than 200.

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The proprieter of the company, Albert Crocker, retired shortly after production ceased, and died in 1961. The foreman and designer of many of the components, Paul Bigsby, went on to fame as a designer of guitars and particularly of the Bigsby tremolo arm.

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Albert Crocker - Paul Bigsby - Bigsby - Tremolo arm

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In 1999 the current company was registered as a provider of replica and replacement parts for restorers of original Crocker motorcycles. It now operates a large facility using modern technology to manufacture these parts, including kits from which a complete replica motorcycle can be built.

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