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2004 Lightweight 400 TT
The steely eyes of Heyshams John McGuinness look forward to another winning ride on the RLR Motorsport Honda

Water - Water
One practice session Cameron Donald arrived up the skip road at Barddan Bridge shouting for water. Notbecayse of thirst - or to top up the radiator

A gaggle of Guzzi
On holiday in italy last year, we were priviliged to view an awesome private collection of road and race Moto Guzzi. This is just one display featuring some of the last racers from Mandello before

International BSA Rally - Manx Week 2008
The Laxey Valley Gardens were filled with BSAs of all shapes and sizes for their International Rally in 2008. They set a worldrecord for a one-make gathering

2007 Classic Lap - an expensive motorcycle
" When I last rode the 250 Yamaha in 1965, I hate it. But the jewel of Yamahas racing arsenal underwent extensive development the next three years

The Purple Helmets
A Must See at the TT! The Purple Helmets Display Team will be performing their motorcycle mayhem round the Island at various venues. (Pity they coudn t afford a coat for the pianist)

Kawasaki on Parade
A nice selection of Kawasaki racing machines from the 2007 celebratin

Johns Classic TT mount?
John McGuinness tries a Rudge Multi for size at the 2007 Re-enactment. Looking on in the flat cap is American Dave Roper

what happened next?
a severe brusing - thats what! Les Shand left his braking a tad too late for Sulby Bridge in 2008 TT practice. It doesn t show

Hunt the Plug
How else can you get a plug out that has dropped inside a fairing? Phil Read and his mechanics resort to strong-arm tactics

2007 Senior TT
Mission accomplished! John McGuinness (HM PLant Honda) with trophy, beer and confirmation that he has set the first 230 mph lap of the TT course

Sidecar Legends - Nick Crowe
Nick Crowe started his TT career as a passenger, but blossomed when he took the reains, tottling up 5 TT wins before a massive accident in 2009 left him and passenger Mark Cox with serious injuries

The unique Tusroke
This 1920 Tusroke, ridden in the 2007 TT re-enactment by Phil Newman, does not featurein Erwin Tragaschs encyclopaedia of World;s Motorcycles

Pit-crew apparel - Argentinian style
What every good pit crew should be wearing. David Parades can t miss his pit with the refueller wearing this hat

Jon Ekerold - world champion
South African Jon Ekerold rode the TT in the years before and after he won the 1980 Junior World Championship. His best TT placing was second in the 1982 Senior and Classic TTs

Fancy polishing that lot?
A laden-tabke of awards awaiting their successful riders at the 1982 TT

17 TT wins between them
Stanley Woods and Mick Grant share their TT memories outside the Crosby Hotel in 1982. For the record; Stanley won ten TT pre-war, Mick won his on Triumph, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda

V-twin beastie
With Buell entries for TT 2014, there is a tenuous link to this pic of American Mike Ross on a Harley Davidson in the 1982 Classic TT. H-D supplied power units for the early Buells

The Martin dynasty
27 years apart, but barely an inch between them at Quarter Bridge. Left; Ian Martin (P&M Suzuki) in the 1982 Formula one TT. Right; son Guy Martin (Hydrex Honda) 2009 Superstock TT

1983 Formula Two TT
Graeme McGregor (Harris Ducati) seen here at Creg ny Baa, finished runner up to Tony Rutter in the 1983 Formula Two race

A Bank Statement
I wonder if Karl-Heinz Plaschke and Waldemar Jager read their horiscope and it said: " You will receive a interest from a bank"

Kiwi Ace
Dennis Ireland may have been the suprise winnner of the 1982 Classic TT, but he had a racing pedigreeof many years on the Continental Circus

The 1982 MGP Newcomers winners
The class winners in the 1982 Newcomers Manx line up. Junior winner Gary Hislop is flanked by Brian Lund (Lightweight, 82) and Senior winner Ian Ogden

Martin Bullock Racing
he Martin Bullock Race Team

Pickup a passenger
Dave Wood was wandering through the paddock on the first Saturday night, TT 1989. Within a few minutes he was out on the TT course with Neil Smith, who had arrived wthout a passenger

V. M. C. C, Trial, Windy Corner 1994
Les Wilson gives final instructions. Members shown include Jack and Marge Ward, Mike Dunn Roy Davies and Peter Gale

What on earth
Still waiting to find just WHAt the young lady is using the gaffer tape to attach to this rider/passnger prior to the 1993 Sidear TT

Any sponsorship welcome
Seen in the 1993 TT Paddock. I wonder if the passenger changed his socks as often as the rider changed his engine oil

Two TT winners - 70 years apart
Double 1993 Sidecar winers Dave Molyneux and Karl Ellison pose on the 1923 Sidecar TT winning Freddie Dixon Douglas

1992 Junior TT aces
Steve Hislop (19) and Robert Dunlop (4) congratulate Brian Reid on his 1992 Junior TT win. The caption behind the runners says it all

The Race of the Century begins
Full agression from flagfall; Carl Fogarty (Yamaha) and Steve Hislop (Norton) leave the line to start the 1992 Senior TT, voted as the race of the century

Slippery when wet"
We trust Jamie Whitham refers to a nasty slide at Quarer Bridge; not an unexpected rise in the birth-rate in Huddersfield! The London Rubber Co. sponsored the Suzuki team in 1989

Sidecar Legends - Dave Molyneux
With 17 wins, and third place in the TT all-winners list, Manxman Dave Molyneux has a huge prescence on the TT Hall of Fame His wins, with 7 different passengers, spans 34 years

The fabulous Britten
Kiwi designer and engineer John Britten chats to Nick Jefferies at TT 1993. The Britten never showed its true potential on the TT circuit

A long wait - but well worth it
Brian Reid recounts his winning ride in the 1992 250cc Junior TT

Suzuki 30th anniversary
Graeme Crosby and Mitsuo Itoh complete their celebration of Suzukis 30th anniversary Parade Lap

The girls that broke the mould
After 66 years of male-only riders, the Manx Motorcycle Club allowed ladies to join in the fun! The first three to take up the challenge in 1989 were Gloria Clark, Hilary Muson and Liz Skinner

TT Riders Association rep
Andy Jessopp, local rep for the TT Riders Association. If you have ridden the TT or MGP, you will be made very welcome at the Associations headquarters, the 38th Milestone

Joeys 1989 TT appearance
Following a practice spill at Brands Hatch at Easter, Joey Dunlop was not passed fit enough to ride the 1989 TT races

1994 Singles TT
A close cal! As winner Robert Holden (Ducati, 4) tips into Governors Bridge, second placeman Jim Moodie (Harris Yamaha, 5) looks to be heading for a collision - they all got round - just

What might have been?
It is 1989, 50 years since George Meier (49) won the last pre-war Senior TT. The bike shadowing him at Quarter Bridge is the supercharged Velocette Roarer twin

The Race of the Century - Carl Fogarty
The 1992 Senior TT has been voted as the best TT ever. Although Carl Fogarty lost to Setev Hislop by a scant 4.4. seconds, his record lap at 123.61 mph was to stand for many years

Mose Hutchinson

He broke the roads open car
The Metro 6R4 course ins pection car should have been round before the public was allowed back on the roads, but it ground to a halt with David Mhylcreest at the wheel in Kirk Michael during the 1989

The Race of the Century - Steve Hislop
Despite having to change the rear tyre, where his arch-rival Carl Fogarty only refuelled, Steve Hislop (Abus Norton) regained the lead after six nail-biting laps to claim the 1992 Senior TT

Not the Haka - a perfect flying W"
It was ten years since Kiwi Grame Crosby was a rising star in the TT. In 1990 he was still rising to the occasion! An eye-watering episode during the Suzuki Parade Lap

J. C. B. - Just Comfortable, Buddy - Grandstand
Every practice and race, this chap would cycle up, lean the pushbike againstthe JCB, get the ladder out, climb up and watch the action from the comfort of his personal watching platform

2003 Ultra Lightweight TT
TT stopover Chris Palmer takes Barregarrow flat out on his Nick Woodman/TTwebsite.com 125 Honda. He also won the last Ultra Lightweight race in 2004

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