Exhibition Images Collection (page 11)

An early Squariel
Spoted at the 1970 VMCC Rally. This 600cc Ariel Square Four was designed by Edward Turner before he moved to Triumph

The only Yamsel TT win
A race of attrition; with Agostini (MV) and Read (Yamaha) both retiring with mechinical ills, then Rod Gould, Alan Barnett and Dudley Robinson each crashing when leading

Dad George
George Fogarty, father of TT and World Superbike ace, was no mean rider himself. This is the Norton Commando he rode in the 1970 Production TT

Ramsey Sprint
A tidy Scott gets lined up for a launch down the Mooragh Promenade at the 1972 Ramsey Sprint

Three (six?) legs display team
The Royal Marines Display team entertain the crowds at the 1972 TT with their take on the Three Legs of Mann. I wonder if they ever complained to Meriden that the front mudguard stays kept breaking?

A massed-start practice experiment
In 1970, they experimented wit setting 10 riders off togerher for practice. Barely two miles in, at Snugborough, there was a mutliple pile-up. The experiment was never repeated

John Williams and the Wheelbarrow
John Williams takes Governors Bridge on the Arter Matchless. He was not as successful as his namesake Peter on this machine, retiring from most rides

Tom Arters Manx missile
Riding the early version of Tom Arters G50 special used so successfully by Peter Williams at the TT, David Hughes won the 1972 Senior Manx Grand Prix on the bike

1972 Senior TT
Two years before he was contracted to ride the works green meanie Kawasaki, Mick Grant had finished third in the Senior TT on this Padgett sponsored triple

1970 TT Rally
Scott

Brandywell Gate - 1971 ISDT
T Frey (170 Greeves Pathfinder) gets his time-card stamped after leaving the Brandywell section

The Cadbury Tent
" Drinking coffee is a hazardour recreation - always wear full protecxtion when partaking"

Cruelty to Bantams
The dip in Bray Hill launches Chris Gregory from his seat. All five rides on Small Heaths finest resulted in the dreaded R

Yamahas first Sidecar TT winner
After years of BMW domination, Mac Hobson and Mick Burns gave Japan their first taste of Sidecar victory when they won the 1976 1000cc race on their Ham-Yam

Charles Craine (James) 1975 V. M. C. C. rally
Charles Craine (James) 1975 V.M.C.C. rally

Celtic Match Races - Jurby Airfield 1976
A talented trio of riders in the holding area. Joey Dunlop (98, Yamsel) 1953 Junior MGP winner Frank Fox (16, ARE Triumph) and Frank Kennedy (Maxton Yamaha) a second member of the Armoy Armada

An 86-minute lap - but still a winner
Hugh Evans recounts clutch troube in the 1976 Production TT

TT - Trophy Trolly
In 1975 the TT Supporters Club took the TT trophy on a sponsored walk round the course to raise funds - I can t see G4S or the ACU allowing it these days

The Edmonds BSA - a front wheel drive outfit
Mick Wortley and Dave Kettle take the front-wheel drive Edmonds BSA round Ballacraine in practice for the 1976 500 Sidecar TT

The end of the GP era on the Island
Tom Herron (Yamaha) won the1976 Lightweight TT, the last to count towards the world championship. Tom finished 5th in the world title chase that year

Puddle-jumping at Jurby
David Connor reflects on a damp Jurby race in 1976

Bert Killey (Douglas) 1975 V.M.C.C. rally

An Amazing Arrow
Brands Hatch specialist Michael O Rourke took this Herman Meier-tuned Ariel Arrow to a fine seventh place in the 1960 Lightweight TT, beaten only by the works MV, Morini and Honda, machines

Tarquinio Provini and the wonder single
In 1960s Tarquinio Provini and his Morini took on the might of Honda for the Lightweight world championship, losing the 1963 title to Jim Redman by just two points

1960 Ultra Lightweight
Italian racer/journalist Roberto Patrignani raced the Ultra Lightweight in 1960 and 1961 finishing both times

Rider-replacement in Suzukis first TT foray
Following itsuo Itoh's practice crash at the Bugalow in 1960, Liverpudlian Ray Fay was drafted in to ride Mitsuo 125 Suzuki, and rode his only Ultra.Lightweight TT mount to 18th place

1960 Utra Lightweight
It was my first year at the TT, a mere youth of 13, but brought up on the Blue Un and Green un. Used to cycle to Brands Hatch and watch Mike Hailwood dice with Derek Minter

Broke it - but u100 richer
Derek Minter tours round Bedstead to retire from the 1960 Senior TT. Stan Hailwood had put up a £ 100 pounds prize for the first ton mile an hour lap by a single cylinder machine

Timeless
Hillberry, probably the only piece of the TT course that has not apparently changed since the 1920s. This 1960 shot, of Manxman Syd Mizen and Bill Smith piloting their Matchless, could be taken today

1958 Senior TT
John Hartle walks away from the smouldering wreck of his 500 MV faour after it caught fire at Governors Bridge at the end of lap four

BMW spares swap
With John Chisnall buried in the chair, Bill Beevers guns it through Bray Hill in the 1960 TT. BMW were very protective about spares for rthe Rennsport model, if something broke

Wheelwright Derek
Essex Wheels supremo Derek Yorke and Mason Merrick take their solo-streamlined Norton through Nursery Bends in the 1959 Sidecar TT

The multi-talented Mr Villa
Francesco Villa only rode the TT once, retiring from the 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT, but his prowess as engineer and constructor in the Italian motorcycle inudstry lives

A Moon(eyes) landing approaches
Long before his national and international race successes on the Yamsel and the Triuph triples, John Cooper was a handy TT runner

1967 500cc Production TT
Triumph tester and pig farmer Percy Tait was was fastest in practice for the first 500 Production, but a first lap spill at Appledene put him out of the race

1968 Junior TT
Arthur Lavington (Velocette), Parliament Square. " My first boss. First job I was given was to change a clutch on a Velo, nothing hard about it"

1967 Production TT
After a 4-year layoff, John Hartle (650 Triumph Bonneville) won the first 750cc Production TT

Broke it
Alan Chadwick trudges back to the solace of the Quarter Bridge public house after retiring on the first lap of the 1968 Ultra Lightweight TT

Running repairs
As Mike Hailwood refuels, MV mechanics patch up his battered MV after Mike slid off at Sarahs Cottage in the 1966 Senior TT. He stil won

1969 Production 250 TT
Ducatis first TT winner. Entered by the British Formula Racing Club, Mike Rogers (Ducati Mach 1) rounds Parliament Square

Scooters at the Creg
The Scooter Rally attracted an international entry. Terry Moore checks in at the Creg ny Baa timing control on his Velocette Viceroy in 1968

Does my bike look big in this?
Wearing a fairing that would not lookv out of place on a 750, Trevor Burgess won the 1968 Production 250 class on the Ossa

1967 Production TT
Testing the goods. Crooks Suzuki sponsored many TT and Manx Grand Prix riders/ Boss Eddie Crooks rode this T20 in the Production race

Taking the sister-in-law for a spin
Norman Hanks (BSA) aided and abetted by Rose Hanks, finished runner-up to Terry Vinicombe in the 1968 750cc Sidecar TT

Helmut Fath Wolfgang Kalauch URS 1968 500 Sidecar TT
Germans Helmut Fath & Wolfgang Kalauch (URS) at Governor's Bridge, 1968 500 Sidecar TT

Roger Bowler (Triumph) in the 1968 Senior Manx Grand Prix. Roger rode a variety of machines on the Isand, from a moto-cross based Husqvarna to modern machines and classics

Manx Engineering (1)
In 1968, Yamaha found their 125cc machines under-carburetted when they arrived at the TT. A local engineering firm were tasked with boring the carbs out

1969 Jurby Road meeting
Jon Worthington rode (drove?) the 684cc Scitsu at the Jurby Road meeting and also the Southern 100 in 1969, It was powered by a horizontal Triumph twin motor

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