Peril bike equipe

Bill Bragg's contribution to making Triumphs faster cannot be underestimated.

He must rank along with Bert Munro as one of the great shed builders.

I had the luck of seeing all three bikes in Maitland Racing when Tony Huck had them in for restoration.

Bragg a cabinet maker from London got into straight line racing after a bad crash.

He experimented unsuccessfully with a twin engined bike,Some say he was the first to do so ,certainly in the UK.

Read some more here and at the same time discover the joys of the Bike Exif site

Peter Crane( the first man outside of the US to go sub 6secs in a top fuel dragster) on Silver Peril.Sadly this one has not been found

The man himself Bill Bragg

here is the Bonhams catalogue entry from April 2011 at Stafford.I don't think they sold.
There is also an informative article on the man, his bikes and his exploits in the Aug 2012 issue of Classic Bike Guide