Ilkley motorcycling enthusiast Colin Pinder died on Tuesday after a long illness but his endearing reputation will live on in the realms of British motorcycle sport.

The Cleckheaton chartered accountant was a past chairman of the Spen Valley Light Car and Motor Cycle Club, a treasurer of the Brough Motorcycle Owners Club and also the Scott Owners Club.

He served with the Royal Navy during his National Service years and rode solo trials until he formed an invincible partnership as a trials sidecar passenger with Silsden's Peter Roydhouse.

Roydhouse specialised in Norton machines and with Colin Pinder in his sidecar won many national events. When Roydhouse retired from active competition Pinder joined Silsden trials and scrambles champion Arthur Lampkin who switched to sidecar trials from world level solo events.

That partnership, with the quietly spoken Pinder, and the tough no-nonsense Lampkin, gelled from the first event and they became the team to beat in all three wheeled events in the British Isles.

A shrewd passenger when in the sidecar Colin Pinder also spent leisure time riding his collection of fine British pedigree motorcycles - Brough Superior, Panther, and his beloved Scotts.

The passing of Colin Pinder has shocked many veterans of British motorcycle sport. He leaves a widow, Eunice, and a son and daughter.