dantodan Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 I received this email via my Bikes pages on my websites Dear Sir, I thought you may be interested to learn that Cheffins Auctioneers have consigned a number of machines and spares from the estate of the late Sid King and amongst other things will be auctioning on the 18th October 2008 a 1928 Dirt Track Douglas plus another dismantled (restored parts ready for re-assembly), a c1930Rudge 4 valve speedway machine, c1932 Commerford JAP speedway machine and a c1935 Martin JAP speedway machine, there are also a qty of JAP engines. Jeremy V P Curzon MNAVA Cheffins Auctioneers Clifton House 1 & 2 Clifton Road Cambridge CB1 7EA I am displaying Sid King's vintage bikes on "Bikes Page 5" of my sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Butler Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 'Sid King' is a feeling you get when you travel hundreds of miles to watch your team at an away meeting only to find that the match was called off ten minutes after you left home! Seriously, I have no memory of a rider of that name. Perhaps he didn't ride in Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedyguy Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 (edited) 'Sid King' is a feeling you get when you travel hundreds of miles to watch your team at an away meeting only to find that the match was called off ten minutes after you left home! Seriously, I have no memory of a rider of that name. Perhaps he didn't ride in Britain. The only riders with a surname King that I can recall are the unrelated Benny King and Buddy King - both around West Ham circa 1946. Buddy King also rode for a team in the late 1940s Dutch League. Edited September 5, 2008 by speedyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsloes 1928 nearly Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Could it be Sid King as in the Texan Rockabilly legendary band, Sid King and the Five Strings, who recorded the mid-'50s classics: "Sag, Drag and Fall" (which HAD to be about Speedway!!) and the ode to West Row: "Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantodan Posted September 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 (edited) John, Sid King was not a rider but seems to have been fairly well known in the VMCC and restoration circles, he restored a number of Brooklands machines as well as early Dirt Track and Speedway. I understand he worked for Vic Martin (as per the bike) in 1949-50 which is where the passion for all things JAP came from Hope this is helpful Jeremy If you want to see pictures of the Bikes visit either of my websites named below and follow links for Bikes Page 5 Edited September 7, 2008 by dantodan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 John, Sid King was not a rider but seems to have been fairly well known in the VMCC and restoration circles, he restored a number of Brooklands machines as well as early Dirt Track and Speedway. I understand he worked for Vic Martin (as per the bike) in 1949-50 which is where the passion for all things JAP came from Hope this is helpful Jeremy If you want to see pictures of the Bikes visit either of my websites named below and follow links for Bikes Page 5 Sid King was a publican who kept a pup at Caister on sea Norfolk On retirement he lived at Holt Norfolk. He was a collector of motorcycles I brought an Excelsior Manxman back from the Isle of man one year for him to restore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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