Douglas Lionel Hele (13 July 1919 – 3 November 2001) was a pioneering British motorcycle engineer with Triumph and other firms: BSA, Douglas and Norton. He was born in Birmingham in 1919 and died in Hagley, Worcestershire on 2 November 2001.[2]
^England and Wales records Retrieved 18 April 2015
^Reynolds, Jim (13 December 2001). "Doug Hele". The Independent. Retrieved 3 March 2009.[dead link]
Wayback Machine Photos of DougHele and Gary Nixon at the 1971 Mallory Park Race of the Year Jack Shemans, Arthur Jakeman, DougHele and Les Williams at the...
Hele, Hélé, or Hèle may refer to: in England in Cornwall Hele, Cornwall, a village near Bude, Cornwall in Devon Hele, Devon, a village near Bradninch in...
Quadrant (aka "Quadrent") was a "bitsa" designed and built in secret by DougHele in 1973. It was a 1,000 cc four-cylinder motorcycle made up from Trident...
Daytona (T100T) was developed by Triumph's Chief Engineer and designer DougHele and launched as a production motorcycle the following year. Based on the...
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frame made from grade A mild steel. In 1956, Norton development engineer DougHele was tasked with creating a 500 cc overhead valve road-based racing machine...
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tank to the sump when the bike was standing. Using a concept designed by DougHele for the Triumph twins, the NVT R&D department, under Norman White, developed...
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of Man Production TT. The bike was created by the engine's designer, DougHele, who joined with frame expert Rob North to produce the successful works...
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Designed by Edward Turner but substantially redesigned by Bert Hopwood and DougHele, the Fury never went into commercial production due to the collapse of...
and DougHele. Despite their work, the Bandit never went into commercial production, and only five have survived, making them very rare. DougHele stated...
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the Dominator with enlarged engine was available from 1962. Engineer DougHele had joined the Norton factory in 1956 under parent company AMC – instead...
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manager Frank Baker. Tait joined the Triumph works team and worked under DougHele on Triumph's chassis development programme through the early 1960s. He...
Designed by Edward Turner but substantially redesigned by Bert Hopwood and DougHele, the Fury never went into commercial production due to the collapse of...
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professional footballer with Swansea AFC, Bradford City etc. Birmingham-born DougHele, motorcycle engineer, died in Hagley in 2001. Jason Koumas, professional...
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