Images Dated 5th October 2019

1971 Lightweight TT

East Germany v Japan. Peter Williams (MZ, 5) and Phil Read (Yamaha, 6) start the 1971 Lightweight, This was Peter's only TT ride on a non-British machine. He led on the first lap but retired at the pits. Read won

1971 Lightweight Tt, Mz, Peter Williams, Phil Read, Yamaha

Sally - a Manx Norton with a long history

Bob Dowty jnr heels his father's long-stroke Manx into Governors's Bridge. Bought for Bo snr in 1952, this was the machine that Geoff Duke took to Japan on his first visit there to gve demonstrations rides in 1960. Geoff gave a hint to the British motorcycle industry that the Japanese were capable of building fine motorcycles - as we all know

John McGuinness - marshal

In 2007 outright T lap record-holder John McGuinness signed up for the Orange Army of marshals. Here he escorts Kevin Main to safety after a mechanical malady threw him down the road approaching Quarter Bridge. Undauted, Kevin returned to the Manx in 2009

2008 Manx Grand Prix Practice, John Mcguinness, Kevin Main