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Along with his brother Harry he raced Matchless motorcycles manufactured by his father"s company, H.Collier & Sons.
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Charlie Collier
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Charlie Collier later became a joint managing director of AJS and Matchless motorcycles and died in 1954. First race was in 1902 at the 3½ mile Canning Town cycling track riding a Matchless motorcycle with an MMC engine. After leading until the last lap, a burst tyre caused a crash and Charlie Collier suffered friction abrasions.
Although Harry Collier managed to qualify, the Matchless motorcycle with a JAP engine which Charlie Collier had specially built suffered a broken connecting-rod and was forced to retire.
They entered a new motorcycle event in the Isle of Manitoba in 1907 for road-touring motorcycles. The new race was to be held on the Street John"s Short Course with two categories for single and twin-cylinder engines.
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