"Eric Staines Oliver" was an English people/English motorcycle racer best remembered as four time Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme/FIM Superside/Sidecar World Champion, riding a Norton Manx/Norton. His passenger in 1949 was Denis Jenkinson. He is also remembered for his innovation, being the first sidecar competitor to use a dustbin fairing, rear suspension and the first to adopt the kneeling riding position.

He was also an accomplished solo racer and continued to ride a 350 Grand Prix bike while racing a sidecar.

Oliver made a surprising appearance in the 1958 Isle of Man TT/1958 Isle of Man Sidecar TT race on a standard Norton Dominator 88 with a Watsonian Squire/Watsonian "Monaco" road sidecar with Mrs Pat Wise in the sidecar, finishing tenth ahead of many specialised race machines. Oliver's last TT appearance was in the 1960 with passenger Stan Dibben but they had a bad crash in practice with Oliver breaking his back in two places and Dibben was nearly decapitated. Both men decided to retire from racing after this.

Oliver later switched to car racing with a Lotus Elan and ran a Reliant dealership in Staines-upon-Thames/Staines.

More Eric Oliver on Wikipedia.

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