1-194-525 - National Motor Museum/Heritage Images

Freddie Dixon and passenger Walter Denny, Isle of Man sidecar TT race, 1923. Dixon and Denny won the race on this Douglas machine, the first sidecar TT, add an average speed of 53.15 mph. The banking sidecar chassis was designed and built by Freddie Dixon. The complete outfit could be banked to either side for optimal cornering speeds. The sidecar wheel was mounted on a 7inch crank, raised or lowered by the passenger with the long lever in front of the wheel.