Colin Seeley: 1936-2020
PICS: MORTONS ARCHIVE Colin Seeley, who passed away in January, was one of the most influential figures in British racing and motorcycling.
He wasn’t just a former sidecar rider, he was a visionary, an engineer, a top-level race team manager, road-bike manufacturer and designer, F1 legend, charity founder and vigorous fund-raiser.
Seeley got bitten by the biking bug young, thanks to learning to ride his father’s Vincent Rapide. A job at the local bike shop soon saw him learning the engineering side of motorcycling, too. He was soon rebuilding and adapting various motorcycles in the garden shed and then got attracted to racing.
Initially on solos, Seeley first took the plunge at Brands Hatch in 1954, moving on to scrambling before making the switch to three…
