Images Dated 5th October 2019 (page 3)

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

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

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 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

A Canadian Classic visitor
Gary McCaw bought his bike and family across the Atlantic to ride the 1984 Historic TT. The fairing bears the names of his sponsors

Mick and the Green Meanie
7-times TT winner Mick Grant was well known for his exploits on the Kawasaki triples, seen here flying the 750 in the 1974 Formula 750 race

A Gold Wing racer
The Gold Wing may be a supreme tourer, but it di not make an ideal racer. This Dreda-framed model was ridden by Hugh Evans in the 1977 Formula One practice, engine issues sidelined it for the race

Did I ride that?
Peter Courtney, a fellow member of the Saltbox MCC, rode this Benelli 2C in the Lightweight TT, his Yamaha having packed up in practice

What the... ?
Seen briefly at the 1980 Ramsey Sprint. Thus unusual trike, powered by a Triumph with a big SU carb was built by Angus McPhail and piloted here by Trevor Lawfield

The first Manx world championship points winner
Local farmer and campsite owner Bob Kewley became the first Manxman to win a world chamoionhip point with his 10th place in the 1970 Ulster GP

TT - Trophy Trolly
In 1975 the TT Supporters Club took the TT trophy on a sponsored walk round the course to raise funds - I can t see G4S or the ACU allowing it these days

Tarquinio Provini and the wonder single
In 1960s Tarquinio Provini and his Morini took on the might of Honda for the Lightweight world championship, losing the 1963 title to Jim Redman by just two points

A Moon(eyes) landing approaches
Long before his national and international race successes on the Yamsel and the Triuph triples, John Cooper was a handy TT runner

Does my bike look big in this?
Wearing a fairing that would not lookv out of place on a 750, Trevor Burgess won the 1968 Production 250 class on the Ossa

A son of Skipton
Yorkshire Born and Yorkshire Bred - Thick in the arm and thick in the right hand! Bernie Lund finished a spended fifth in the 1968 Senior TT

Sidecar Ace - solo rider
George O Dell flies Ballaugh Bridge in practice on his Triumph Thruxton Bonneville. The 197 Sidecar world champion crashed in practice and missed his only sidecar TT ride

EX 1971 63dr
public, EX 1971 63dr

1956 Clubman Senior
By the late 50s, BSA machines had a stronghold on the Clubman races. John Hurlstone, seen at Union Mills was seventh, the non-BSA in the top 18

1963 Senior TT
Mike Duff (Arter Matchless, 3) and John Hartle on the Scuderia Duke Gilera start the 1963 Senior TT. Hartle finished second to Mike Hailwood (MV)

A short racing return
Former world champion and TT winner Eric Oliver retured for the 1960 TT meeting after a three-year layoff. On their first practice lap, the frame broke just above Guthries

1961 Senior TT
Bob McIntyre (Norton) leaves Governors Bridge on his way to second place. Bob was quoted as saying he was riding a fast 250 (Honda)

1961 Southern 100 Junior Championship
Spot the winner! Alan Shepherd (AJS, 5) and Phil Read (Norton, 4) cross the line together in the Junior Championship. It was adjudged a dead heat

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

The Pastmaster on his favourite circuit
Stanley Woods (350 Moto Guzzi). 35 years after he first raced on the Island, he returned to take a modern Moto Guzzi round on a demonstration lap during the Golden Jubilee races

Wakter - a BMW Zellert
Walter Zeller accelerates towards Bray Hill in the 1957 Senior. It was a last miute decision to fit the full fairing on the morning of the race

DOT - Deviod of Trouble - not this one
Peter Foster on Bray Hill in practice for the 1959 Junior Manx. The DOT, fitted with a Hogan-developed RCA engine gave so much trouble in practice week that he failed to qualify

1962 Ultra Lightweight TT
After winning the 1962 Lightweight TT, The King of Brands Derek Minter rode this production 125 Honda to fifth in the Ultra Lightweight

A Swiss charioteer
Years before Fritz Scheidegger, Hans Haldeman was the leading Swiss sidecar racer. Hans is seen joining the mountain circuit at Cronk ny Mona; the section from Cronk to the Creg was run in

THE cream of the crop
Manx Grand Prix winner and master baker Don Crossley made this celebration cake to honour Kiwi Rod Coleman;s 1954 Junior TT win with the three-valve AJS

A rare Island visitor - the Horex
With the gearbox tucked up under the rear of the tank - as on the early Douglas this Horex is seen at the 1953 Swiss GP held at Berne. A Horex was seen here in 1955, but briefly

One of the first Tritons?
In the early 50s, Nortons would not sell just an engine to Cooper Cars for their Formula 3 racers. This meant a lot of Manx chassis were available

1953 Clubman Junior
Derek Powell prepares for the Bray Hill dip on his way to winning the 1953 Junior Clubmans TT. BSA (Birmingham Small Arms) presented a rifle to Derek which he still uses today

Bill Doran - AJS Porcupine
Bill Doran uses up all the suspension on the AJS Porcupine as he bottoms out on Bray Hill. Dorans Bends was named after him when he crashed there in 1950

The works van
Having shipped the van by cargo boat, the bikes being shipped by passenger boar, a pair of Manx Nortons are wheeled aboard for the short trip along the promenade to the Castle Mona Hotel

Richening the mixture
With a left-mounted float chamber, Fergus Anderson leans his Guzzi to the right to richen the mixture before starting the 1954 Junior TT

1951 Junior TT weigh-in
Geoff Duke brings his Manx Norton to the weigh-in. Geoff was to end the 1951 season as the BBC Sportsman of the Year and double world champion. In his racing career Geoff took 33 GP victories

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

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

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

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

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

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

DIY MGP Pit Stop
Bill Doran pours the essence as his pit attedant checks the old level in the 1946 Senior Manx Grand Prix

1949 Empire Trophy Race
A youthful Stirling Moss corers his 500cc Cooper Norton at Parkfield Corner in the early stages of his illustrious motor racing career

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