Exhibition Images Collection (page 15)

Creg ny Baa - 1950 Junior TT
Shirt-sleeve order for hundreds of spactators as they view the 1950 Junior. Many of the them had probaby arrived on the one-day excursions set up by the motorcycle magazines

An Italian v-twin masterpiece
A desgin that Mandello raced with success from the 30s to the 50s - the Moto Guzzi 500cc race motor as raced by Stanley Woods, Bob Foster and Omobono Tenni

Bob McIntyres tuner
Fort many years Bob McIntyre and Alistair King were sponsored and mentored by Bellshill tuner (and funeral director) Joe Potts

A TT Centenarian
Jock McCredie (Excelsior) Riding the last prewar TT 1939; he rode basically the same Excelsior through to his last TT; the 1953 Lightweight. Seen here at Cronk ny Mona in 1952

1950 Lightweight Clubman TT
Yes, the tank does say Panther! Not known for their sporting models since the 1920s Dunstable & DMCs Geoff Wakefield chose to race this Model 65

1952 weigh-in capers
Dane Sven Sorensen ride his unicycle - with optional and disconnevted front end - through the weigh-in area. Many tried - and failed - to ride the thing

Mondial on high
What would that little cargo be worth these days? Three of the all-conquering 125 Mondial racers are swung ashore from the Lady of Mann

1950 Junior Clubman - the choas of cold starting
In 1950 the Clubman regulations did not allow engines to be warmed up before the start. If the bike did not start within three kicks, they were ushered to the side to try and start

Harold Daniell - pre and post-war star
Harold Daniell heels the newly introduced Rex McCandless-framed Manx Norton into Ballaugh Bridge. It ws Harold who, after testing the new frame against the older plunger version

1950 Manx Cup
Norman Culpan was a renowned motor racer, finishing third in the 1949 Le Mans 24 hour race in his Frazer Nash. In 1928 he finished 28th in the Senior Manx Grand Prix on a Rudge; 20 years later

1952 Junior Clubman TT
The all-action style as Scot Bob McIntyre (350 BSA) hurtles into the Bray Hill dip. Bob finished second with a record lap

Early Morning Practice
It really was this dark for early morning practiceQ No. 19 is Frank Cope with his lightweight short-stroke AJS. Frank was still racing in his 80s

14th International Empire Trophy Race
Still committed as a works Norton rider, Geoff Duke had several drives for Aston Martin in 1952, including the British Empire Trophy race. Seen here at Parkfield Corner on the Willaston course

Travelling marshal needed - bring own bike
Before Triumph offered to supply the TMs with machines, those asked to undertake the task had to provide their own machines. Dennis Morgan ride this plunger A10, it maybe that BSA provided the machine

1954 Junior Norton team
The Norton team for the 54 Junior; Jack Brett (23) featured just pannier tanks. Ray Amm (32) rode the fully-faired proboscis and Bob Keeler (85) rode an unfaired model

1954 Sidecar TT
Jacques Drion and Inge Stoll Laforge wait for the start. TheFrench/German combination fiished seventh in the Sidecar World Chamoionship that year

The Proboscis
Southern Rhodesian Ray Amm forces on through Cronk ny Mona on the distinctly-faired works Norton in the 1954 Junior. He won the Senior that year but retired in the Junior

1951 Junior Clubman TT
Having broken his 90+ Douglas on the run down the mountain, a helmetless Charles Robinson freewheels through Governors Bridge

The Peveril Aces Display Team
Pre-dating the Purple Helmets by many years, the Peveril Aces, members of the Peveril Motorcycle and Light Car Club gave riding displays at fetes and gymkhanas throughout the Island

Who put that building there?
Ray Amms Proboscis Norton lies crumpled against a barrack wall at Aintree in 1954. Ray escaped unhurst

A meeting of two minds
With his trade-mark Tyrolian hat, Allan Jefferies chats with Bill Lomas; the MV team were testing the bikes at the Creg. Both Bill

Ferguss tear-away ride
With the tail fairing of his Guzzi starting to tear away, Fergus Anderson still has 37 miles to go before pitting. A mechanic quickly tore away the section to allow Fergus to finish fourth behind

Sartorial speedster
John Mockett (Norton) 1954 Clubman Junior

Development Davis
Ted Davis spent his working days as test rider and development engineer at Vincents. With a 500cc limit on the Sidecar TT, he rode this G45 Matchless and Canterbury sidecar in the 1954 Sidecar TT

Where did the power go?
Heading for Bray Hill, Howard German checks to see if the petrol tap had turned itself off. A new, reinforced petrol pipe had delaminated, blocking the main jet

Just Testing"
Vic Willoughby, technical editor for Motorcycling tries Ken Swallows leading-link forked G45 Matchless along the Mountain Mile

Alan Dudley Ward - Ecurie Skint
There appears to be some sucking of teeth as Alan Dudley Ward pilots his DW special around Thruxton in 1953. A well-respected tuner of Triumph

Right bike - wrong bike
Albert Moule repares for another practice lap. One year, after refuelling himself in the Cadburys tent, he set off down Bray Hill again, to realise that he was astride someone elses Norton!

A rapid Velo
Cecil Sandford racing Arthur Taylors MOV Velocette at Oulton Parks first meeting in 1953. Cecil was already 125cc world champion, but loved ridig the little bike

Walter Schneider - world champion
That front wheel fairing must add a lot to the unsprung weight! Walter Schneider and Hans Strauss prepare for practice on their BMW outfit

1955 Silverstone
Eric Oliver may have designed the first British streamlined racing sidecar, but his technical advantage must have been compromised by his passengers leathers billowing open

The Multi-talented Mr Dow
Eddie Dow takes Parkfield on his way to winning the 1955 Senior Clubmans TT. His helmet bears the insignia of the British Army trials team

Tarquinios practice mount
Tarquinio Provini practising for his first TT, the 1955 Ultra Lightweight TT. Quite why he is riding a road machine is unclear. Provini went on to win four TTs and two world championships

Bob McIntyre - 1955 Junior
Leading the 1955 Junior TT on his privateer Norton for the first four laps, Bob McIntyre finally finished second to Bill Lomas on the works Guzzi

The first Southern 100 winner
Barely a mile from his Castletown home, Derek Ennett (AJS) won the first ever race at the Southern 100 in 1955. The 4, 25-mile Bolown circuit has remained exactly the same to this day

The Glencrutchery Road Nightingale
Graham Walker giving his TT race report for the BBC from the Grandstand. A TT winner, team manager, he was the first of the great commentators. But not everyone liked it, as shown in this telegram

The Wooler
WWII Bomber Command hangers were still in place at Silverstone in 1954. Arnold Jones races a 500cc Wooler, a transverse flat-four, built in Middlesex. Silverstone was first used for racing in 1949

1954 Silverstone Vintage Race
Before the Vintage Motor Cycle Club started race meetings, the British Motorcycle Racing Club (BEMSEE) ran a Vintage race at their Silverstone Saturday meeting from 1950

A true Lightweight
In 1954 the Spanish Montesa team rode these 125cc Sprint models in their first TT. We are not sure who the beefy lifter is: Murray Walker is behind his left elbow, next to him is Cyril Quantrill

Ken Kavanagh 350 Guzzi
The championship-winning Moto Guzzi did not waste weight on paint; the fairings were left unpainted for the 1954 season. The cylinder just below Ken Kavanaghs knee is the mail petro tank

Sales Director - Road Tester
Veloce director Bertie Goodman believed in testing the firms products. In early 1954, he brought the development spring-frame Velo, fitted wih a racing engine

The Clypse Course 1954 - 1959

From airport scratcher to TT victor
Ray Amm slides through Quarter Bridge winning the 1954 Senior TT. When he first came to the Island in 1951 no available before the TT, so he rode in races on the Andreas Airfield on an AJS (inset)

Sidecar Legends - Willhelm Noll
The 1954 and 1956 World Championship-winning pair of Willhelm Noll and (hidden) passenger Fritz Cron at Cronk ny Mona on the Clypse Course

1950 Hillberry hillclimb
In the early 1950s, the Peveril Motorcycle and Light Car Club held hillclimbs. This one started from Hillberry, and finished at the Creg. A selection of two and four-wheel competitors await their turn

Geoff Duke
A selection of Geoff Duke shots

Ted Frend - AJS Porcupine
Ted Frend, team-mate of Les Graham, takes his AJS through Braddan Bridge in the 1950 Senior TT, Originally designed by Joe Craig with supercharger

A reliable Plumstead power plant
Bob McIntyre;s 7R edured both the Junior and Senior MGPs in 1952. After winning the Junior, he rode the same machine to second in the Senior. 12 laps at full chat

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping