Cyril Pullin
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Cyril George Pullin (1893-1965) was a British, inventor, engineer and motorcycle race driver born in Hammersmith London of Jewish descent.
In 1914 Pullin won the Isle of Man TT race. In the 1920's he developed the Ascot car and had various helicopter engine patents. In 1925 he developed the Powerwheel, a single cylinder rotary engine in the hub of a motorcycle wheel, including clutch and drum brakes. His sister was married to Stephen Leslie Bailey, a then prominent engineer at Douglas Motors, and many of his patents were filed under the name of that company.
[edit] External links
- Cyril Pullin's motorcycle seen in image, restored and on sale
- 1914 picture of 21 year old Cyril Pullin on his winning motorcycle. It was an earlier model which he had designed. This site is about the TT race, and tells the story of the race and the motorcycle design
- Mazda's rotary motor page mentioning Cyril Pullin, naming information source as Wikipedia. They claim the Powerwheel was developed in 1940 and that it never went to production. As the other links show, this is wrong
- Cyril Pullin's patents. This site about old Douglas motorcycle parts digs into old engine and motor patents, specifically following various stages of Cyril Pullin's work and inventions
- Ascot car used today for limousine service
- Image of Pullin riding motorcycle in 1923
