George Barnes moved from cycling to motorcycling being one of the pioneers within his field whilst venturing into other motorised exploits…

Moving into the 1890s, the sport of cycle racing on velodromes had become a huge attraction for the general public. Crowds would easily reach 5000 plus, filling the stalls of the banked stadiums throughout countries such as America, England, France and Germany, to name a few…

In 1908 North London Garage (NLG) entered a Peugeot powered racing motorcycle in the first motorcycle race at Brooklands, like many at the time the use of the new racing circuit was a place to promote road going machines. NLG would push the boundaries of the efforts for speed in their own way…