Sorry this is the file I meant to attach

Have you thought about joining The London Douglas Club -see attached details. Also seeing you live in Hampshire you might like to come along even as a guest at this stage to our regular monthly club meeting which is this Thursday (28th November) starting at 7.30pm. We meet at Seale Village Hall, School Hill, Seale, Nr Farnham, Surrey, GU10 1HY. Hope we might see you there.

Roy

I just pull the belt over the side of the belt rim as I slowly turn the wheel.
Tyres are normally available from Vintage Tyres, Beaulieu Motor Museum.

I've just got a 1914 2.75. It has a slow puncture in the rear. I had to take the gearbox off to take the (leather) belt off to take the wheel out. Is that normal do you think?
Also where (in the UK) would you suggest to get a new 26x2.5 tyre?
Thanks.

Can anyone help with the enquiry I have received below:- AE is I believe a Bristol registration so were these works bikes? Any information I can pass on to the person making the enquiry will be very much appreciated.

Roy

I am researching into these family photographs of my Grandmothers brother
 Tommy ? Lloyd from Pembrokeshire. All I was told that  is he raced this bike in some 1920s TT races.
 The photographs include the one of team with 2 bikes . 1920s Douglas model .
 
 

It has unfortunately been quite some time since I have had a chance to add more pictures to this thread. I didn't find much more for 1928 but will keep looking. In that year Douglas Motorcycles pretty much dropped off the radar in Spain.

I am definitely no expert on the history of speedway and will try and keep clear of the "usual" debates on the subject (!!), but I am interested in the Spanish Douglas connection - so will have a stab at that.....

The introduction of Dirt Track racing in Britain precipitated the beginnings of the sport in some European countries.

There is some evidence that this may have occurred in Spain in late 1928 or early 1929 - but this has been hard to verify (does any forum member know?). Johnnie Hoskins claims he started Dirt Track racing in Spain and there appears to be a fair bit of truth to this statement. It appears that A.J. Hunting, after setting up his enterprises in Britain, did a quick tour of a few European countries, and assisted setting up some speedway operations there, before travelling to Argentina to start Dirt Track racing there. Hunting bypassed Spain and hence maybe Hoskin's filled the gap? Not sure.

Hoskin's also claims that he organised an exhibition in Barcelona on 17 August 1929 and it appears to be the first publicised dirt track event in Spain (?). I have not found any official documentation that supports Johnnie Hoskins actually organised this event, but as I have not found any claims to the contrary - it appears quite possible. No evidence that the Spanish Douglas agents (if any actually existed in 1929?) were involved in any way, has been found to date.

The Spanish King Alphonso did appear to have some financial involvements with Dirt Track racing at Wembley Stadium, possibly around the time that Hoskins was a promoter there, so maybe there were deals at fairly high levels? Also not sure. The Spanish King was also a  supporter of Dirt Track racing in Spain and attended many events in Barcelona. More on this later, but information is difficult to come by.

I will try and get some time to put the Google Translation with the pictures from the original document.

Some information kindly supplied by Javier.

Cheers

Hutch

Hi Marcus,

I agree with EW-Ron that you can possibly just see the remnants of the Nickel plating on your 2 speed gear change lever.

Here is a picture of the 3 speed version I have and it still has some of the original Nickel plate left.

Cheers

Hutch

If you wipe that over with a derusting agent - strong phosphoric acid or hydrochloric (pool) acid 
- I think you will see traces of the nickel plating still adhering there.

I think there are traces visible already, but they have somewhat lost their shiny metallic gleam.
Under that rusty patina !

Thanks Hutch,

I presume that originally they were Nickel plated as well as the shaft that it is pinned to, is that correct ?

Thanks
Marcus

Hi Marcus,

I don't have an original 2 speed tram handle, but I do have a 3 speed one and the end pieces between the flat spring appear to be cast steel and a taper pin is used to secure it to the shaft. 

Hope this helps,

Cheers

Hutch