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A Dmw - Is It British?


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Hi,

 

Here's some questions for your next club quiz night - is the DMW a British trials bike - and where was it made - and who designed it - and what was special about the frame - and was the designer only the second rider to win every class cup in the SSDT - and what was the Coronation Cup in the SSDT .....................

 

But to know the answers you'll have to get yourself a copy of ORRe-24 - which will be on-line soon now...............

 

Enjoy - in the meantime, here's a picture for you to enjoy

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They were made in sedgley (Dudley) about 1/2mile from my house :thumbup:

Hi Paul,

 

Supplementary question, then, for a local - what was the works called?

 

The answer is in ORRe-24................

 

Enjoy,

Deryk

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So,   Dudley motor works then... What an inspired name.. sounds familiar..

DMW = Dawson Motors Wolverhampton

 

I always thought it was Dudley motor works until my old man corrected me!

 

DMW also made  metal profile forks 

 

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They were made in sedgley (Dudley) about 1/2mile from my house :thumbup:

 

Founded by Leslie Dawson who designed / invented swinging arm suspension

Hi Paul,

 

Sorry, Leslie Dawson was the businessman who owned/ran the engineering works - I am confident that he didn't design or invent the swinging arm suspension - that was down to another local lad................

 

Cheers

Deryk

 

(CORRECTION:

10 June.

The patent on the swinging arm suspension was, as was usual in small engineering companies, issued in the name of the owner of the business, even though the actual development, etc., is likely to have been done in the various departments of the business.

 

I am convinced that the historical facts are that Mike Riley (who had ridden BSA machinery before the war but was employed, and rode, Levis machines subsequently) had more to do with the development of the 1947 245cc DMW that he rode in the first post-war SSDT, as my research into the history of the SSDT established.

 

The development into the Metal Profiles element of the business is for another time.

 

Hope that is of interest.

 

Deryk Wylde) 

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DMW = Dawson Motors Wolverhampton

 

I always thought it was Dudley motor works until my old man corrected me!

 

DMW also made  metal profile forks 

DMW = Dawson Motor Works,  according to the board by the entrance.

 

Cheers

Deryk

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Mr Dawson did develop the swing arm. was an avid rider & inventor as well as a business man

I do believe he did call it Dawson Motor works, but it does say on the sign Dawson Motorcycles W’ton Ltd

See attached link: http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/Motorcycles/DMWintoproduction.htm

 

I remember the factory well

 

 

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Hi Guy's.

 

 Did the frames not be made from square section erw, tube?on some models.?

 

 The rider in the picture is Bill Price one of the Price brothers,(Mac was the other.) and rode the DMW more than his brother,

 

Bill is more famous for riding a Triumph Cub by the name of "Black Bess"

 

 And both brothers own and drive Austin Ruby salons!

 

Bill did a fair bit of unpaid development for Triumph ,if my memory serves me right?

 

He was the guy always on a different version of the TR20 Cub at most of the Midland Centre  events at the time ,early sixties.

 

Regards Charlie.

 

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This is my DMW which had the fuel in the top tube, square section swinging arm and Hagon gas

shocks, and the original seat. Up front I fitted an Ossa MAR front end and a TY250A engine and

rear wheel.

Tony

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Hi Guy's.

 

20 frames like the one above of Tony's. from DMW were bought by the Frazer Honda concern from Redditch UK.

 

And used with several different Honda engines and forks etc fitted.

 

The story that Deryk is about to tell in ORR-e about the construction of the frames should be interesting.

 

Regards Charlie.

 

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