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Charles Bayly Franklin
Franklin on an Indian Motorcycle
Born
(1880-10-01)1 October 1880[1]
1 St. Patrick's Villas, Whitworth Road, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland[1]
Died
19 October 1932(1932-10-19) (aged 52)
71 School Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, US
Nationality
Irish
Occupation
Engineer
Known for
Racing Indian motorcycles at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, designing the Indian Scout and Indian Chief motorcycles
Nationality
Irish
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested
7 (1908–1914)
TT wins
0
TT podiums
1 (1911, Senior TT second place)
Charles Bayly Franklin (13 October 1880 – 19 October 1932) was an engineer and a motorcycle racer. He designed motorcycles for the Indian Motocycle Company, including the original Indian Scout of 1920, the original Indian Chief of 1922, and the Indian 101 Scout of 1928. Prior to this, he had been part of the Indian motorcycle team that won first, second, and third place in the 1911 Isle of Man TT, finishing in second place. Franklin was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2016.[2]
^ abSucher et al. 2011, p. 5.
^"Charles Franklin at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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