Exhibition Images Collection (page 8)

Roberts first island win
Robert Dunlop makes for a swift exit from the pits on his way towinning the 1983 Manx Grand Prix Newcomers race

The Minister of Fun - and Ton
Member of the Manx Parliament David Cretney speeds down Bray Hill in the 1983 Classic Manx. David rode nine MGPs, and acheived a ton lap in the 1988 Senior Manx

Elmer Geulen
German Elmer Geulen effects running repairs to his Kawaski in the 1985 Senior TT. Journalist and broadcaster Elmer holds countless speed records

Over, under, sideways down
Cliff Pritchard;s F11 Yamaha get the total and undivided attention of the scrutineers at the 1985 TT

Joeys first Honda TT win
2013 marked the 3oth anniversary of Joey Dunlops first TT win for Honda; he won the 1983 Formla One race, a win he replicated for the next five years

Three miles to win, but one mile to heartache
Brian Reid recalls his 1968 250 cc TT retirement just miles from th flag

Worth a Deutschmark or two
A change of helmet and it could be Walter Zeller fro the 1950s. Dick Hawes rode this beautiful BMW RenNsport in the 1984 Historic Classic TT. Dick rode over 60 TT races

Luckys first TT podium
Ian Loughers second place on a Cowles Matchless in the 1984 Historic TT was the first of his 31 podium places from 109 races in the TT

Manx Legend; Mike Seward (Fowler Yamaha) 1986 Senior Manx Grand Prix
A slow first lap in the 1986 Senior Manx left Mike Seward (Fowler Yamaha) playing catch up to Grant Goodings (Suzuki). Mike failed to take victory by just 3.4 seconds

Thirty miles with a puncture
Roger Burnett eases off the saddle to let the pit crew replace the rear wheel which had punctured at Ballacraine. Holding fifth at the time, he recovered to finish 7th

Free Flight included
" I was following these three outfits down to the 33rd, thinking about where to pass them and they turned left and I went straight on" Roy Hanks explanation about he

Joeys 5th Formula One win
Joey Dunlop (750 Rothmans Honda) may hae a 50 second lead at the end of the rae, but he is still concentrating hard as he takes to flag to record his fifth straight Formula One victory

Nick and the Brick
Director of one of England;s biggest BMW dealership, Nick Jefferies rode what he sold in the 1985 Production TT. Low top speed was the main problem, losing out over 20 mph to the GPZ Kawasaki

The Keen Kneen Boys
Broke it Bruv?" Winner of the 1980 Junior Manx and later tracelling marshal Mike Kneen chats to is younger brother Phil, a retiree from the 1983 Juniro Manx

C E Titch Allen - 1915-2010
2010 saw the passing of Titch Allen, founder of the VintageMotorcycle Club. Titch is seen riding the Parade Lap at the 1986 TT meeting

Sidecar braking
I can t see any TT passenger wanting to hold the spokes to make the outfit turn tighter, but it seems a well rehearsed knack on a trials outfit

1, 8 seconds apart at the finish
As I was going down Bray Hill for the last lap I decided to try and put a really fast lap together." Ian Lougher succeeded by setting a record lap which stood for many years

A Crooks Suzuki - obviously
Martin Crooks, boss of Barrow in Furness Crooks Suzuki, at Sulby Bridge in the 1990 Lightweight Classic Manx. Martin can be seen on You Tube performing a handstand at Quarter Bridge in practice

TT Memories - 1992 Senior TT
" We were watching the 1992 Senior from the Creg. You culd tell Steve Hislop on the Norton was coming by the Mexican Wave of cheering that foollowed him down from Kates Cottage

Behind you
Steve Hislop senses the prescence of team-mate Carl Fogartys RVF 750 as they swing though Governors Bridge in the 1991 Formula One

Manx Radio linkman Chris
The start of a brilliant career, Chris Palmer eases his Honda off the line in the 1990 Ultra Lightweight TT. Chris won 3 MGPs and 6 TTs. For TT 2014 Chris joined the Manx Radio lineup

The Crosby Norton
Despite his handicap, the late John Flood rebuilt the Norton that featured for many years in the display in the Crosby Hotel

Yer Men
Davy Wood chcks the countdown to the start of the 1991 Lightweight TT as Joey Dunlop warms up the machine. Davy was Joeys manager and mentor throughout most of his TT winning years

A naked Worm
What lurks beneath the all-enveloping body of a modern outfit. The proximity of the twistgrip to the exhaust would worry me

The Little and Large show
It would be fair to say that Hond a choice of the Pan European ST100 as the TM bike for 1990 was not universally appreciated

Jeff Clew, V.M.C.C. member, author amd BEMSEE travelling marshal Jeff Clew takes Signpost Corner

Manx Legend; Phil Haslam
Phil Haslam (Pharaoh Yamaha) becae the first MGP rider to lap the Mountain course at oer 100 mph. His lap rcord of 103.45 was a full 48 seconds faster than the Senior lap record

1973 50th Anniversary MGP run
Signpost Corner action from the 1973 50th Anniversary MGP run

Out of the crate to race
Peter Courtney recalls his 1973 Production race on a KH 250 Kawasaki

1971 Lightweight TT
Radio TT host Charlie Williams (Dugdale Maxton Yamaha) treats thew slippery conditions at Parliament Square with due respect. Charlie won 8 TT races

Mead and Tomkinson BSA
Nigel Rollason at Union Mills in the 1973 Production TT. TheMead and Tomkinson BSA won many long-distance endurance races

1973 Senior TT
Jack Findlay ay Quarter Bridge. The French-based Australian wn his only TT in 40 starts on the Suzuki ywin

1973 Production TT
Le Mans start action from the 1973 Production 750cc class. Riders featured include Dave Nixon, Triumph, 3) Dave Croxford (Norton, 7) Darryl Pendlebury (Norton, 16) and Ernie Pitt (Triumph, 27)

A lop-sided podium finisher
Having blown up his big BMW (the rules did not allow 500s to run in the 750 Sidecar), Heinz Luthringhauser put an oversize barrel on one side of his 500 to get his start money

Eric Thompson
FormerV.M.C.C. President Eric Thompson was on-Island to ride the 50th anniversary of the MGP run

Deep in thought
Radio TTs Charlie Williams caught in a contemplative mood as he warms up his Johnson Yamaha for the 1973 Ultra Lightweight race

A long-lived Suzuki T500
Tom Loughridge with his T500. " Betwen 1971 and 1978 I raced the bike in 20 TT races; Production, Senior, Formula 750, Formula One, 1000 Classic and the 1000 Jubilee

Rotax to the fore
Con Law leaves Parliament Squre to win the 1982 Junior TT on the Waddon-Ehrlich. Various British constructed machines (rmstrong, Waddon)

Mike Vangucci
Chiltern Sections Mike Vanguci ploughs a lonley furrowe on a borrowed MAC Velo, 1981 pre-65 trial

TT Memories - 1979 Senior TT
Memories of Mike Hailwoods fighting runner up to Alex Geotge in the 1979 Senior TT

Unlucky 13 for Chris Guy
After leading the 1981 Senior TT on his private RG500 Suzuki, Chris Guy is flagged in at Parliament Squre and told the race was stopped after two laps. On the re-run, he crashed out at Braddan Bridge

1981 Classic TT
The Year of the Black Protest. Unhappy at Suzukis tactics in the Formula One race, Honda decked their riders and machines in all-black for the Classic race. Joey Dunlop at White Gates

An all-star lineup
A trio if talented champions of the World and the TT form an orderly queue at Ballacraine in the 1978 Junior TT. 1977 World Champion Takazumi Katayama leads Joey Dunlop and Mike Hailwood

1982 Sidecar TT
Jock Tayor and Benga Johansson (Fowler Yamaha) at the Bungalow. winning Sidecar Race B, setting a new lap recod at 108.29 that was to stand for seven years

Second best means second place
Charlie Williams recalls his runner up in the 1979 Formula One TT

Charlies fvourite TT mount
Of all the bikes that Charlie Williams has ridden in the Island, it was a 500 Yamaha-4 he rode in 1982 that he rates as tops

Norman Brown and the Neill Team
Twenty five years before he founded TAS Suzuki, Hector Neil was picking TT winners. Norman Brown and Hector, plus crew celebrate Normans 1982 Senior TT win

1982 Formula Two TT
Four-times TT winner for Ducati. Tony Rutter (Sports Motorcycles Ducati) won a hat trick of F2 victories from 1981 to 1983, then won again the 1985 race

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