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Trev deeley biography of donald

          Trev rides coast to coast to introduce himself and his partner, Don James, to the existing Canadian dealers....

          Trev Deeley is an active and notorious figure in the motorcycle racing industry and community.

        1. Trevor Deeley became the first Canadian, and second only non-American to receive the prestigious Dud Perkins Award for outstanding contributions to motorcycling.
        2. Trev rides coast to coast to introduce himself and his partner, Don James, to the existing Canadian dealers.
        3. Apart from his status as a legendary racer, Trev and his wife Joyce are remembered as local philanthropists, particularly for their generous.
        4. He became a Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame Inductee in , and the only Canadian winner of the American Motorcyclists Association Dud Perkins Award.

          5. In a few short years, Trevor Deeley began racing. He went on to become be a formidable competitor in all types of competition, but mainly dirt track on his famous #22 Harley-Davidson. In the early days Trev like everyone else, worked on his own race bikes, towed his machine on a simple open trailer behind his car, slept in the car, and coming from the northwest coast travelled the long distances to racing events all over Canada and USA.

          Trev went on to serve on the AMA Competition Committee from the late s through to the early s. Not a big man, his strong spirit, dogged determination and will to win served him well, not only on the race rack but also in his future business endeavours.

          In Trevor became the General Manager of Fred Deeley Imports.

          His skills in business, with undoubtedly a good measure of risk-taking thrown in, were once again to prove him a worthy winner. Trevor is attributed with becoming the first authorized importer of Honda motorcycles in an English speaking coun