Windle (motorcycle manufacturer)

Windle was an English manufacturer of motorcycle combinations for racing use .

The company was founded by Terry Windle and manufactured both Formula 1 sidecars with monocoque and Formula 2 sidecars with tubular frames for use in amateur sports as well as in the motorcycle world championship . After a total of five drivers' championship titles between 1977 and 2002, Terry Windle decided at the end of 2009 to retire.

The name Windle was later taken up again by D&D Sidecars , which, however, only manufactured tubular frames for F2- sidecars .

Team world champion on Windle

Drivers on Windle sidecars won four titles in the World Sidecar Championship, which was held until 1996 . In the Sidecar World Cup, which has been held since the class was separated from the World Championship in 1997, Windle won once. In 1995 and 1996, the manufacturer won the title in the World Motorcycle Manufacturers' Championship.

year	Driver / passenger	machine
1977	George O'Dell / Kenny Arthur or Cliff Holland	Seymaz - Yamaha or Windle-Yamaha
1980	Jock Taylor / Benga Johansson	Windle-Yamaha
1995	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Windle ADM
1996	Darren Dixon / Andy Hetherington	Windle ADM
2002	Steve Abbott / Jamie Biggs	Windle-Yamaha