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Do you own or know the whereabouts of a piece of UK Drag Racing History or just want info on a particular machine.

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 #11821  by ukdrn
 
Yet another gem from jaytee's collection.
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 #11824  by martyn b
 
I remember seeing Dragwaye run in several of its guises, and it always impressed, perhaps because it was so different to other 2 wheelers, and to me it kindof underlines how people back then were prepared so much more to try "outside the box" solutions to going quicker/faster and sometimes having some success.
What I haven't seen before is that pencilled in streamliner outline on the line drawing. What a pity that was never built, it looks neat and would have been great for events like the Elvington records weekend, and I suspect the machine may well have acheived a greater fame or at least a higher "memory factor" with that disguising its novel approach.
 #13494  by jaytee
 
Duxford 1967
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 #14017  by yowl
 
The Drag-Waye (my Dads bike), had three "Mk"s. MkI and MkII both had the seat behind the wheel, the difference was the frame. MkIII was made upon the request of Dave Lecoq when he took over the riding as he preferred the position of lying over the rear wheel. There are no pictures of the MkII in this thread, you can imagine it as the frame of the MkIII with the seat of the MkI.

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Scott
 #14101  by ukdrn
 
yowl wrote:The Drag-Waye (my Dads bike), had three "Mk"s. MkI and MkII both had the seat behind the wheel, the difference was the frame. MkIII was made upon the request of Dave Lecoq when he took over the riding as he preferred the position of lying over the rear wheel. There are no pictures of the MkII in this thread, you can imagine it as the frame of the MkIII with the seat of the MkI.

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Scott
Welcome Scott and thanks for the info, do you have any pictures you could share at all?
 #14105  by Kelvin Fagan
 
If, I can find it, I will post a photo of what I think might be the same machine that I took at a sprint event at Waterbeach airfield just outside Cambridge.
 #14683  by Kelvin Fagan
 
I shot this at sprint meeting at Waterbeach, just outside Cambridge.
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 #14684  by Kelvin Fagan
 
I dont think its the same, but interesting none the less!?

Kelv
 #14688  by Flying Phil
 
The latest pics do seem to be of a different bike - is it blown Hillman Imp powered??
Both it and the "Drag Wayes" are very logical - albeit scarey, drag racing/sprinting devices!!
 #14692  by jaytee
 
Jim Balchin used a similar rear engine set up with I think a BSA Gold Star engine,here's 1 from the Scary Rides thread,Ivor Lawton.
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