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EX 1971 63dr
public, EX 1971 63dr

1971 Production TT
Ray 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

1971 Senior TT
Alan Barnett (Lawton & Wilson Aermacchi) 1971 Senior TT

1957 Ultra Lightweight TT
Six-times TT winner Carlo Ubbialli takes his 125 MV round Parkfield Corner. Carlo also won nine world titles - 8 on MV, one on a Mondial

1956 Junior TT
Duilio Agostini after his 9th place rie in the 1956 Junior TT. The Agistini family, no relation to Giacomo, run a Moto Guzzi shop in Mandello de Lario

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

1964 Lightweight Manx winners
Last held in 1948, a Lightweight rce was reintroduced for the 1964 Manx. The winner was Gordon Keith (Greeves, 64). Runnner-up was Rex Butcher (17) with Terry Grotefeld third (both Aermacchi)

Moto Morini
The only name that comes to mind when viewing a single-cylinder Motot Morini is Tarquinio Provini, who valiantly fought many battles with JimRedman in the 1963 250 World Championship

1963 Senior TT
Mike (Michelle) Duff (Arter Matchless. After a successful period racing Tom Arters AMC machines, Mike was picked to ride for Yamaha)

Gileras TT return
Geoff Duke leaves the start line after giving his Scuderia Duke rider John Hartle final words of encouragement. Geoff arranged to run the 1957 championship winning bikes for the 1963 season;

The Filtrate Trophy and the first winner
This handsome trophy, based on a Manx Norton crank, was first won by Jihn Kidson on his Cottton-Guzzi in 1963, The picture show John at Signpost in 1964

Yamahas first TT
Tansharu Noguchi takes Governors Bridge in the 1961 Ultra Lightweight TT on his RA41 Yamaha single. The Hammamatsu marque was the third Japanese manufacturer to compete in the TT

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

Yamahas first TT win
Phil Read gave Yamaha their maiden victory on the RA 97 twin in the 1965 Ultra Lightweight TT, Read was the first to take 125, 250 and 500 world titles and 8 TT wins

Michelle Duffs memories
Michelles account of the 1965 Ultra Lightweight TT

Roy Peplow - 1965 ISDT
Roy Peplow leaves the start for the first day of the 1965 International Six Days Trial - the bike would never be that clean for the next six days. Roy won a Gold

The Noisy End
I would not like to be standing there when they start Mike Hailwoods fabulous Honda 6 up

1961 Ultra Lightweight TT
The 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

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)

Paddling the Cornaa River
Russian Vase teamster R Reshetniks (IZH) finds thehidden rocks in the Cornaa Raiver during the 1965 ISDT. IZH started in 1933 in the USSR town of IZhevsk which is where the name came from

1965 Sidecar TT
Johhny Robinson gazes into the camera lens as Fritz Scheidegger pours the power on. The Swiss / UK pairing only finished second in the race but won the world championship, repeating the feat in 1966

Mike the Bikes 1961 TT; 3 wins out of 4
Chronicling Mike Hailwoods 1961 TT

TT Special staff
Geoff 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

Scooter Power Shower
The Manx Internation Scooter Rally was a very popular event in the 1960s, But very possibly not as popular as a passenger if your pilot hits the Drudiale water splashflat out

The devil is in the detail
In the 1961 Lightweight TT, Mike Hailwood and Bob McIntyre were both mounted on 250 Honda-4. These early fours were prone to overheating

Bob Mac tells all
Bob 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)

The first Suzuki team
Suzuki riders and machanics wait for the start of the 1960 TT practice: Mitsuo Itoh crashed in practice, his place was taken by Ray Fay

Race Transport 1964 style
A photograph from Michelle Duffs racing scrapbooks. The Yamaha team used VW vans during their 1964 GP campaign. The team manager, Takehiko Haswegawa (kneeling) was laterto be President of Yamaha

Harry Stanford and the Mead Norton
Harry Stanford rode the Mead Norton in the 1960 Lightweight TT. A specials short-stroke Manx engine was married to an Albion 5-speed gearbox. The machine sold at Bonhams for c. £ 19, 000 in 2011

Suzuki star
One of Suzukis guests at TT 2010 is Frank Perris. A works Suzuki rider from 1962 to 1966, Franks best TT was second place in the 1963 125 TT

Jim Redman - a treble-double winner
Jim Redman took unprecedented treble-double TT victoires. On the Honda-4 he won both Lightweight and Junior TTs from 1963 to 1965, and six world championships

The first Suzuki team - 1960
One yeat fater Honda made their debut, it was the run of Suzuki to face the Mountain course. Riders and machanics pose outside Fernleigh Hotel, Douglas

The first Suzuki
Toshio Matsumoto sets off to practice for the 1960 Ultra Lightweight. Interested spectators incude MV mechanic Arturo Magni (above Matsumotos head), and Dr Joe Ehrlich (shirt and tie)

Eddie Crooks - MZ rider - twice
In 1960 Manxman Eddie Crooks rode 125 and 250 MZ in the TT. In 1998 he also starred on an MZ, this time riding naked on a 250 in the hit film Waking Ned

Every picture tells a story
Stan Hailwood listens intently to the BBCs report on the Senior TT, along with Shells Lew Ellis. His delight at Mikes third win of the week is self-evident in the second picture - he never got

1965 Lightweight TT
Bill Ivy pushes the v-4 Yamaha out of Governors Bridge, he had been holding second place when he fell at Brandywell

A works Honda at the Southern 100
John Hartle took the 1961 Southern 100 Championship, but a poor start meant he had to work hard for the victory

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

Bob and the Bianchi
Bob McIntyre reflects on his unreliable Bianchi twin, which ley him down just after Sulby Bridge in the 1961 Junior TT

Gilberto Milani
Son of works Gilera rider Alberto, Gilberto rode the TT, usually on the Aermacchi, for six years, before being team manager for Walter Villa who won three 25oc world titles

The Little and Large of Sidecars
Rudi Kurths Honda-powered CAT - an excecise in compactness - compared to Peter Gerrishs 500 Vincent. In all fairness, the Vincent was a last-minute substitution for the twin-cylinder DMW that Peter

A winning return
After a four-year lay-ff, John Hartle returned to TT racing to win the inaugural 750 Production TT, on this Geoff-Duke sponsored Thruxton Bonneville

Chris Conn bottoms out the Higley Norton on Bray Hill in the 1967 Senior TT

Aika San
During TT 2009 Hondas legendary mechanic and later team manager Aika San called to seek out photos of his races years at the TT

The Saltbox MCC
In 1967 my old club, the Saltbox MCC of BigginHill, Kent took part in the TT parade of clubs. We are lined up near Summerland for the run down the Promenade

Travelling marshal
After a 26-year MGP and TT career - on both solo and sidecars - Bill Beevers carried out travelling marshal dutis in the 1960s

Guiseppe Pattonis racer
Conceived in the 60s, still being raced today. Fred Stevens raced the machines for Liverpool dealer Bill Hannah. Guiseppes son Roberto has redesigned the Italian twin-cyinder machines to be a force

1953 1000cc Clubman TT
Part-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

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