NUT V-Twin, 1913
1913 · NUT (Newcastle upon Tyne) · 350cc JAP-engined V-twin
Rotating view of a 3D model built for Manx Road Racer. A reconstruction from period photographs and drawings, not a surviving machine.
NUT was a small Newcastle upon Tyne maker. Its manager and designer, Hugh Mason, also tested and raced its machines, which tied the racing directly to the people building the motorcycles.
Mason was already a TT regular. He retired from the 1911 Senior and finished seventh in the 1912 Senior, both on a Matchless. For the 1913 Junior he rode a works NUT, a V-twin with a JAP engine rather than one of NUT's own making.
The 1913 Junior, like the Senior, was split into sections run on different days. Mason won in 5 hours 8 minutes 34 seconds. He returned to the Island in 1914, retiring in the Junior and finishing seventh in the Senior, and rode a Matchless in the 1923 Senior.
Facts
- Race: 1913 Junior TT, Mountain Course, run in two parts
- Result: 1 Hugh Mason (NUT), 5 hrs 8 min 34 sec
- Engine: JAP V-twin, 350cc class