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With a rounded and tapered fuel tank, and an exciting-looking 980 cc vee-twin [[JAP]] power unit, [[Coventry-Eagle]]'s famous Flying Eight bears a striking resemblance to a [[Brough-Superior]] of the same period. That is not really surprising, for George Brough and Percy Mayo of the Coventry-Eagle company spent some time together towards the end of the First World War discussing the type of motorcycle they would like to manufacture when the hostilities were over, and they found their tastes were remarkably similar. | With a rounded and tapered fuel tank, and an exciting-looking 980 cc vee-twin [[JAP]] power unit, [[Coventry-Eagle]]'s famous Flying Eight bears a striking resemblance to a [[Brough-Superior]] of the same period. That is not really surprising, for George Brough and Percy Mayo of the Coventry-Eagle company spent some time together towards the end of the First World War discussing the type of motorcycle they would like to manufacture when the hostilities were over, and they found their tastes were remarkably similar. | ||