1959 Ultra Lightweight Tt Collection

Mike Hailwood (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Mike Hailwood (Ducati) at the Manx Arms; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Horst Fugner (MZ) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Luigi Taveri (MZ) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Luigi Taveri (MZ) at Nursery Bends; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Bruno Spaggiari (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Bruno Spaggiari (Ducati) at Parkfield Corner, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Bill Hunt (Honda) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
The only non-Japanese rider in the first Honda team to ride the TT, American Bill Hunt (Honda) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Junzo Suzuki (Honda) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Junzo Suzuki (Honda) at Nursery Bends, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Doug Allen at Nursery Bends: 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Les Griffiths MV 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Les Griffiths (MV) at Governor's Bridge, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Peter Carr Ducati 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Peter Carr (Ducati) at Governor's Bridge, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Kevan Tully Ducati 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Kevan Tully (Ducati) at Governor's Bridge, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Les Griffiths MV 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Les Griffiths (MV) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Peter Carr Ducati 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Peter Carr (Ducati) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Francesco Villa Ducati 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Italian Francesco Villa (Ducati) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Len Harfield LCH 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Len Harfield (LCH) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Carlo Ubbiali MV 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Italian ace Carlo Ubbiali (MV) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Len Harfield LCH 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Len Harfield (LCH) at Governor's Bridge, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Les Griffiths MV 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Les Griffiths (MV) at Governor's Bridge, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Len Harfield LCH 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Len Harfield (LCH) at Governor's Bridge, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Ernst Degner (MZ) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
German Ernst Degner (MZ) at Parkfield Corner, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Lennart Hedlund (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Swede Lennart Hedlund (Ducati) at Parkfield, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Hondas first year
" I herby avow my intention that I will participate in the TT race and I proclaim with my fellow empoyees that I will pour all my energy

Brian Clark (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Brian Clark (Ducati) on Ballanard Road, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Doug Allen (Mondial) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Doug Allen (Mondial) at Nursery Bends: 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

50 years on - still riding Honda
In 1959 Naomi Taniguchi, a 23-year old tester for Honda, was a member of Japans pioneering race squad. He raced the Honda right through to 1964

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

1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Ken Kavanagh (Ducati) at Parkfield Corner

Bruno Spaggiari and Mike Hailwood (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Bruno Spaggiari and Mike Hailwood (Ducati) at Nursery Bends, in practice for the 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Naomi Taniguchi (Honda) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Naomi Taniguchi (Honda) at Parkfield; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Giichi Suzuki (Honda) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Giichi Suzuki (Honda) at Parkfield Corner; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Tommy Robb (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Tommy Robb (Ducati) at Parkfield; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Tarquinio Provini (MV) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Tarquinio Provini (MV) at the Manx Arms; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Teisuke Tanaka (Honda) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Teisuke Tanaka (Honda) at the Manx Arms; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Fron Purslow (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Fron Purslow (Ducati) at the Manx Arms; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Francesco Villa (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Francesco Villa (Ducati) at Parkfield Corner 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Gary Dickinson (MV) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Little Gary Dickinson (MV) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Carlo Ubbiali (MV) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Carlo Ubbiali (MV) at the Manx Arms; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Honda; the first TT year
Naomi Taniguchi takes the Manx Arms on the Clypse Course. That first year, four out of the five Japanese machines finished to win the Manufacturers team prize; they never looked back!

Arthur West (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Arthur West (Ducati) at Nursery Bends; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Peter Walsh (MV) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Peter Walsh (MV) at Nursery Bends; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Ken Tully (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Ken Tully (Ducati) at Nursery Bends; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Jim Baughn (EMC) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Peter Carr (Ducati) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Peter Carr (Ducati) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Bill Maddrick (MV) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Bill Maddrick (MV) at Parkfield Corner; 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Bert Fruin (Fruin Special) 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Bert Fruin (Fruin Special) at the Manx Arms, 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

Mike Hailwood at Parkfield Corner: 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT
Mike Hailwood takes his Ducati through Parkfield Corner on the Clypse Course in the 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT; he finished third

Dave Chadwick at Nursery Bends: 1959 Ultra Lightweight TT

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