Bert Fruin

Record type: Motorsport Biographies

Biography: Mount: 125 c.c. – Fruin Special.

Age 45, Herbert Fruin is a cycle shop proprietor, and comes from Hillingdon, Middlesex. He rides a most interesting double-knocker machine of his own construction.

An interesting point in connection with Fruin’s early racing experience is that he took part in speedway racing at Greenford, Middlesex, in 1929 – using a belt-drive B.R.S. model Norton!

In 1954 he rode his E.M.C. in the 125 c.c. event, but failed to finish the course, being overtaken by the “Roads Open” car on the final lap, and he was again a last lap retirement in the 1955 125 c.c.
Good fortune in T.T. races so far has escaped him. In the 1956 125 c.c. event, on his fourth lap, engine trouble developed and he retired.

If it’s any consolation to Fruin, he wasn’t the only rider to pack in – in fact, only nine finished!

In his spare time he is a saxophonist, and singer with a dance band.
(TT Special, 5 June 1957, p.12.)

Mounts: Lightweight (125) —E.M.C.-Puch.

Age 42, Herbert Fruin is a cycle shop proprietor, and comes from Hillingdon, Middlesex. He is his own entrant, and the machine he rides is a 1952 E.M.C.-Puch.

An interesting point in connection with Fruin’s early racing experience is that he took part in speedway racing at Greenford, Middlesex, in 1929—using a belt-drive B.R.S. model Norton!

In his spare time he is a saxophonist, and singer with a dance band.
(TT Special, 16 June 1954, p.12.)

Age 49, Herbert Fruin is a motor cycle shop proprietor, and comes from Hillingdon, Middlesex. An interesting point in connection with his early racing experience is that he took part in speedway racing at Greenford, Middlesex in 1929 - using a blet driven B.R.S. model Norton!
In 1954 he rode an E.M.C. in the 125 c.c. T.T. race, but failed to finish the course, being over-taken by the "Roads Open" car on the final lap, and he was again a last lap retirement in the 125 c.c. race of 1955.
Good fortune in T.T. races has so far escaped him. In the 1956 25 c.c. event, on his fourth lap, engine trouble developed and he retired, and in the same event in 1957 he retired on the ninth lap, whilst in 1958 he retired on the fifth and in 1959 in the eighth.
His machine for this year's 125 c.c. race has an O.H.C. twin cylinder engine, built by himself. Bert descrbes his hobby as "Dance Bands." (TT Special, 12 June 1961, p. 26)

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