public Collection (#28)

A wonderful exhibit
Many thanks to Rupert Murden for the loan of this wonderful machine (Wonder if he wants it back?)

Keith Amor - BMW S1000RR
In 2010, the BMW S1000RR was considered to be the dogs dangly-bits for Superstock racig (TT excluded)

Make mine a Triple
Rind-a-ding time! Members of the Kawasaki Triple Owners Club parade their machines at Suly Bridge

A Mugen prototype
Former F1 GP driver Kuniomi Nagamatsu rode this MRV 1000 Mugen in the 2010 Parade Lap. Hirotoshi Honda, son of Sichiro, founded the Mugen company in 1973

Close encounters of the three-wheel kind
Double TT 2010 TT winners Klaus Klaffenbock/Dan Sayle (5) Stuffs it up the inside" of Tim Reeves/Dipash Chauhan as they enter Parliament Square in the Sidecar A race

Big Laverda
Norwegian newcomer Hakon Thorstensen rode this 1140cc Harris Laverdain the 2010 Pre-TT classic

Shades of 1957
Wearing the style of fairing that was outlawed after 1957, Rob Barber takes the Suzuki-chassied Agni Motor round Cruikshanks. Rob finished second to Mark Miller

The ManTTx electric machine
James McBride silently glides his way through Parliament Square to a third place in the 2010 TT Zero

Electric Dreams
Portland, Oregon based team Moto Czysz and their rider Mark Miller confiirmed their position as race favourites for the 2010 TT Zero Electric bike race at the TT races with a lap of 94.664 mph

Racing
A poem from Dave Clucas

Celtic Match Race Manx Team
The Manx team who took part in the 1988 Celtic Match Race meeting. Left to right; Gordy Moore, Rob Farger, Paddy Martin, Ralph Sutcliffe, Dace Madsen-Mygdal, Phil Kneen, Norman Kneen, Gary Radcliffe

Reiving past successes
Siegfried Wunsche waits to start the 1988 Classic Lap. He finished 5th in his first TT, the 1937 Lightweight; 16 yeas later the finishedthird in the 1953 Lightweight TT

A Norton turn-over but still a finish
Note the flattened megaphone. This happened when Roger Allen flipped his Norton outfit at Ballabeg on the first lap of the 1988 Classic TT on the Billown circuit

1988 Production C TT
Eurosports resident expert and race-summariser Jamie Whitham, From 11 TT rides, Jamies best result was third in the 1989 Supersport 600 race

To finish last, first you have to finish
Having been loaned a Norton to ride the first Classic TT meeting in the 1988, the compiler of this exhibition kindly repaid Steve Woodwards generosity by finishing with most of the piston up

1988 Senior TT
Japanese fly-swatter! Joey Dunlops Honda seems to have ddecimated the Islands fly population

Brian Morrison
Looking a little chunky, unlike the later 600 Hondas, Brian Morrison flies Ballaugh Bridge en route to winning the 1988 600 Production TT

Behind You
Jack Skipp and his Cotton Python have the total and undivided attention of the entire Travelling Marshal team as they shepherd him towards the end of the 1999 Classic Lap

2005 Supersport TT
American Thomas Montano rode this MV in Formula One, Supersport and Senior TTs; best performance was 13th in the Senior TT with a best lap of 120.922 mph

Waiting, just waiting
The TAS Suzuki GSXRs of Bruce Astey and Adrian Arhchibald wait in vain for their riders; the Superbike race was postponed from the Saturday until Monday

Hizzy
This fine statue of Steve Hislop stands on Onchan Head overlooking Douglas Bay

A Timing Landmark
Whe Huw Huws finished the 2005 Senior Manx Grand Prix in, shall we say, the position furthest from that of the winner, he was the last rider on the Mountain Course to be hand-timed

All roads lead to the Island
Just eleven directions to get from Dover to Heysham - I wish travel was always that simple

2005 Sidecar TT
The first of their 5 TT victories. Nick Crowe and Darren Hope (DMR Honda) at Signpost Corner

Gilera Saturno Sport
Spotted at the Vintage Club Meeting in Mooragh Park at TT 2005; a very nice looking 1950s Gilera Saturno Sport

Dunstall Kawaskai
This one-off Dunstall Kawasaki, ridden in the 2004 Classic Lap by Pat Sproston, was raced in he 1973 Senior TT by Graham Bailey

Post-race 2004 Production 600 TT
" How was that for you?" John McGuinness (Yamaha) and Bruce Anstey (Suzuki) exchange glances in the winners enclosure

Hondas boss at play
Bob McMillan, former General Manager for Honda Uks motorcycle division, takes the big 1500cc flat-six Valkyrie round Stella Maris in the 1998 Honda Parade Lap

Body Armour
French rider Serge Nuques parades the latest in body armour. John McGuinness is not convinced

Not past their Sells date
Son Rob (69) and daughter Carolynn (83) frame father Dave in this 2003 shot of the Racing Sells; the only fater-dauher-son dynasty to have raced the Manx

Mad Sunday - Mad anyday
2003 TT

Its straight on for Ramsey, Gary
When he saw Gary Carswells front wheel pointing in that direction, snapper Steve Colvin was just about to put the camera down and help pick up the pieces

Glyn Jones - an island all-rounder
MGP rider, TT passenger and rider, Glyn Jones has done em all! Starting with the 98 Newcomers MGP where he finished second, he passengered Dennis Proudman before taking the reins of his own outfit

2004 Formula One TT
Frencman Fabrice Miguet guides the throaty Voxan v-twin round Governors Bridge

2004 Formula One TT
Pit stop for Jason Griffiths. Greenlights Keith Wilson (TV bib) captures the action, whilst Radio TTs Chris Kinley (photobib) describes the action for his listeners

GP stroker in the Senior
Jim Moodie rode this NSR 500 Honda in the 1988 Senior TT, without success. All his 8 TT wins were on four-strokes

2003 Classic Lap
David and Pauline Hailwood snapped at the start of the 2003 Classic Lap, where David was running a Sports Motorcycles Ducati

James Courtney
James Curtney started his Island career with three victories at the MGP. James leaves Ramsey in the 1999 Formula One on his Red Bull Ducati

1999 Ultra Lightweight TT
Suoerbike or Ultra Lightweight - Joey Dunlop could ride and win on all of them. A Rhencullen shot

2004 1000cc Production TT
" I wish my Suzuki was as reliable as the Marshals Honda, thinks Maria Costello as she settles back to watch the 2004 Production TT after retiring on the second lap

2004 Formua One TT
Mutual celebrations: John McGuinness meets Yoshikazu Koike, the man who was the test and development engineer for the Yamaha R1

2004 Sidecar TT
Dave Molyneux and Dan Sayle swing their Martin Bullock Racing sponsored DMR Honda through Creg ny Baa on the first leg of their TT 2004 victories

The travelling Billboard
The fairing on the Sanyo Lunneys Honda of Denis McCullough shws witness to the angle of dangle use in the 1999 Lightweight TT. Not a god shot of Denis, but perfect for his spnsors

2004 Junior TT
Riders are warned of course hazards on the startline. 10/10 for information, 9/10 for spelling - it should be Handleys Corner

2003 Vintage Rally
Motorcycling - an international language

Manx Legend; Bob Heath
In the 1990s, Bob Heath was virtually unbeatable in the Classic Manx races, taking 11 victories. Bob is shown winning his last Classic Manx, the 1999 Junior Classic

2004 Lightweight 400 TT
Part-time Laxey resident (well, for two weeks of the year) Pontefracts Chris Petty powers through Tower Bends on his 400 Honda. This will be Chris 21st year of competing in the TT

1998 Senior TT
A gamble that nearly paid off. Bob Jacksons McAdoo Kawasaki was fitted with a 32 litre petrol tank to enable a single-pit-stop-race

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