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1924 Ultra Lightweight TTThe first massed-start TT. The whole field is in view as they leave the start. The winner was Jock Porter (New Gerrard, 1)
Kirk Michael Corner, 1909 Senior TTOliver Godfrey (Rex) takes Kirk Michael corner on the St. Johns course. Godfrey finished fourth this year but won the 1911 Senior on an Indian
1952 weigh-in capersDane Sven Sorensen ride his unicycle - with optional and disconnevted front end - through the weigh-in area. Many tried - and failed - to ride the thing
1967 Senior TTThe 1967 Senior is often quoted as the race of the century Mike Hailwood and his ill-handling Honda 4 scrapped with Giacomo Agostini and his more nimble MV3 for five laps until Agos chain failed
1971 Senior TTPeter Williams (Arter Matchless) at Parliament Square, On the Arter G50, Peter finished runner-up to Agostini in the Senior TT four times
1953 Junior Norton teamRay Amm lines the lowline kneeler with his fellow works riders. Left to right; Ken Kavanagh, Ray Amm, Jack Brett and John Surtees
1962 Sidecar TTAll eyes on the starters flagL Max Deubel/Emil Horner (BMW, 4) and race-winner Chris Vincent/Eric Bliss (BSA, 3) anticipate the start
1976 Formula Ywo TTDutchman Jan Strijbis was the last racer of a Velocette in the TT races. Jan, also the last user of a pudding basin helmet is see at Glen Vine
1966 Lightweight TTThird place in the 1966 Lightweight, behinnd the Honda-6s of Hailwood and Graham was Peter Inchley on the Viliers Special, basically a TSS Bultaco powered by a much-modified Satrmake engine
1967 Production TTAfter a 4-year layoff, John Hartle (650 Triumph Bonneville) won the first 750cc Production TT
1969 Production 250 TTDucatis first TT winner. Entered by the British Formula Racing Club, Mike Rogers (Ducati Mach 1) rounds Parliament Square
1953 Lightweight TTBob Geeson on Bray Hill with his home-designed and built ohc twin. In later years the REG was raced with success on short circuits by John Surtees and Derek Minter
14th International Empire Trophy RaceStill 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
1939 Senior TTWalter Rusk poses with the supercharged v-4 AJS. Despite giving out 55 b.h.p. Rusk only finished 11th in the Senior race. He was later to lap the Ulster GP Clady circuit at over 100 mph
1938 Lightweight TT1938 European Champion andf Lightweight TT winner Ewald Kluge at Windy Corner. The DKW was said to be the noisiest machine ever raced at the TT
Charlie Dodson was an accomplished competitor in the Island on two and four wheels. In addition to wins in the 1928 and 1929 Senior TTs, he finished second in the Mannin Moar car race in a MG Magnette
1930 Lightweight TTOnly lying sixth on the first lap, Hawicks Jimmy Guthrie finished victorious on the 250cc AJS for the first of his six TT wins, the remaining five on works Nortons
1950 Lightweight Clubman TTYes, the tank does say Panther! Not known for their sporting models since the 1920s Dunstable & DMCs Geoff Wakefield chose to race this Model 65
1950 Manx CupNorman 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
1953 1000cc Clubman TTPart-time Laxey rsident Richard Madsen-Mygdal lays a black line from his Vincents rear wheel as he takes Quarter Bridge. Leading after the first lap
1978 Senior TTAmerican Pat Hennen (Suzuki) was rthe first rider to record a sub-20 minute lap, but crashed at Bishopscourt on his next lap
1958 Senior TTJohn 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
1971 Production TTRay Pickrell - wearing Percy Taits helmet as his was too damaged to race in - won the Production race on that most famous of Triumph triples - Slippery Sam
1963 Senior TTMike (Michelle) Duff (Arter Matchless. After a successful period racing Tom Arters AMC machines, Mike was picked to ride for Yamaha)
1954 Junior Norton teamThe 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
1983 Formula Two TTGraeme McGregor (Harris Ducati) seen here at Creg ny Baa, finished runner up to Tony Rutter in the 1983 Formula Two race
1978 Formula One TTDucatis finest TT hour. Mike Hailwood on the Sports Motorcycles prepared Ducati outraced and outlasted the Japanese works machines to win the 1978 Formula One TT
1973 Production TTLe 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)
1982 Formula Two TTFour-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
1970 250cc Production TTFor the second year running Ducati won the 250cc Production TT when young Chas Mortimer took victory on the Vic Camp entered Mach 1
A barrel in a bucketAll through practice for the 1969 Ultra Lightweight race, Fred Launchburys Bultaco had been troubled with seizures; after most sessions the barrel was removed and honed
Road Opening in styleMore clout than an Audi any day. Mylchreest Motors provided this Rolls Royce course inspection car to accompany Geoff Duke when he took Mike Hailwood on a celebration lap on a Gold Wing at the 1975
Mike the Bikes return - 1977Mike Hailwood rode Manx Grand Prix practice in 1977; it was explained that he was filming in fact he was testing himself in preparation for a comeback in the 1978 TT
1975 Production TTSolo and sidecar ace Dave Saville leaves Parliament Square on the Mead and Tomkinson B50 BSA he shared with Phil Gurne
1977 Formula OneSo nearly a winner. Riger Nicholls (Sports Motorcycle Ducati) pitted at the end of three laps. Phil Reads Honda team, hearing the race was to be shortened to four laps
1966 50cc TTA multinational quartet of RK66 twin-cylinder Suzuki tiddlers round Quarter Bridge. Leading is Irishman Tommy Robb, followed by Kiwi Hugh Anderson (30 and West Germanys Ernst Degner (4)
1966 Ultra LightweightDave Simmons rode Tohatsu for many years at the TT. Seen leaving Governor;s Bridge, he finished 11th on the 125. Switching to Kawasaki saw Dave bring them their first World Championshi
1968 Sidecar TTKlaus Enders/Ralf Englehardt (500 BMW) at Quarter Bridge. Leading for the first two laps, machine troubles dropped them to eight at the finish
1961 Ultra Lightweight TTThe Mighty Atom. Liverpudlian Gary Dickinson is dwarfed by his 125 Ducati. One of the few riders to have to carry a lead weight attached to the machine because he was below the minimum weight
TT Special staffGeoff Davison started the TT Special newpaper in 1927 with daily practice issues and full race reports for forty years, In this shot, Geoff, seated on the Velocette LE
Bob Mac tells allBob McIntyre gives an interview as his Senior Norton is fuelled for the 1961 Senior. Reflecting on the machines he was riding that year, he is quoted as saying he was riding a fast 250 (Honda)
1949 Manx CupThe Little and Large of motor racing! John Cooper (996 Cooper J.A, P) passes the stricken 1986cc Aston Martin of St. John Horsfall
Press-testing the 1954 Senior TT winner1949 350cc World Champion FreddieFrith relaxes after riding Ray Amms 1954 Senior TT winning proboscis Norton. Graham Walker, ex-TT racer and editor of The Motor Cyccling is extreme left
1954 Sidecar TTJacques Drion and Inge Stoll Laforge wait for the start. TheFrench/German combination fiished seventh in the Sidecar World Chamoionship that year
1948 Senior TT Norton teamNorton race manager Joe Craig (centre picture, dark suit) marshals his team fora photo shoot. No. 72 is Harold Daniell, No. 41 is Artie Bell and No. 62 is Ken Bills
1925 Sidecar TTPitting their 350cc AJS outfit against the 600 Douglas and Norton outfits, Frank Longman with Leo Davenport holding the third wheel down took a fightig fourth place
1923 Senior TTTom Sheard (Douglas) at Ramsey Hairpin winning the 1923 Senior. Theyear before Tom had won the Junior on an AJS. The Sheard family still own this machine
1923 Sidecar TTFreddie Dixon (Douglas) rounds Ramsey Hairpin on his winning way. Passenger Walter Denny, who remained seated the whole race, can be seen pushing the banking lever forward to lower the sidecar