Grindlay Peerless
Grindlay Peerless is a historic motorcycle manufacturer that operated out of Coventry, England, throughout the early 20th-century, specialising in racing machines including the record breaking 498cc Grindlay Peerless.
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motorcycles |
| Predecessor | Grindlay Sidecars |
| Founded | 1923 |
| Founder | Alfred Robert Grindlay, Edward Peerless |
| Defunct | 1939 |
| Headquarters | Coventry, West Midlands, England |
Key people | List of Grindlay Peerless people |
Although a relatively short-lived marque, Grindlay Peerless secured a number of high-profile achievements most notably that of works rider and tuner, CWG 'Bill' Lacey, achieving a Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) world record by becoming the first man to exceed a 100 miles in an hour on British soil in August 1928 aboard his Grindlay Peerless. The company quickly became renowned for building powerful, high quality and technologically advanced machines.
The very limited number of Grindlay Peerless machines produced means that they are now extremely rare.